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Asking for username/password on open folder
The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Any Ideas???? Ernie |
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My new hard drive is connected via USB port. This may be part of the problem
with the sharing. Ernie |
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My new hard drive is connected via USB port. This may be part of the problem
with the sharing. Ernie |
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Asking for username/password on open folder
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:
The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg |
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:
The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg |
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"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie |
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"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie |
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On Aug 30, 3:09*pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. *Laptop is wireless. *Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. *Have enabled file sharing. *The folder appears in Network places. *(xp Pro) *This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. *The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. *Still researching what is going on. *Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... *Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. *Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". *On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John |
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On Aug 30, 3:09*pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. *Laptop is wireless. *Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. *Have enabled file sharing. *The folder appears in Network places. *(xp Pro) *This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. *The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. *Still researching what is going on. *Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... *Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. *Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". *On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John |
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"JWunderlich" wrote:
On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote: "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John John, Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this? Ernie |
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"JWunderlich" wrote:
On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote: "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John John, Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this? Ernie |
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=?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in
: "JWunderlich" wrote: On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote: "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John John, Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this? Ernie Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless. You might try the suggestion in the following article: "How to undo "Make this folder private"" http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm HTH, John |
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=?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in
: "JWunderlich" wrote: On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote: "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John John, Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this? Ernie Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless. You might try the suggestion in the following article: "How to undo "Make this folder private"" http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm HTH, John |
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"John Wunderlich" wrote:
=?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in : "JWunderlich" wrote: On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote: "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John John, Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this? Ernie Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless. You might try the suggestion in the following article: "How to undo "Make this folder private"" http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm HTH, John Well, found what would work, after about 3 days of research. Simply mapped the shared folder to a network drive. (had to uninstall Acronis to get rid of the "not enough storage area...." error). Now I can access it without it asking for a password. Ernie |
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"John Wunderlich" wrote: =?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in : "JWunderlich" wrote: On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote: "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote: The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for the username/password. The others open right up. Ernie, check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file access rights. Hans-Georg Hans-Georg, Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup: Turned off SFS The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights. CLicked OK. This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring the login id/password. Ernie With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access to the folder as well. With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the appropriate access. HTH, John John, Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this? Ernie Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless. You might try the suggestion in the following article: "How to undo "Make this folder private"" http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm HTH, John Well, found what would work, after about 3 days of research. Simply mapped the shared folder to a network drive. (had to uninstall Acronis to get rid of the "not enough storage area...." error). Now I can access it without it asking for a password. Ernie |
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