need help sharing pc on my lan

[Buggs1a]

i have windows xp pro sp2 all updates etc. how do i share all drives, all
files, all folders without having to log in? i want to share my entire pc
for myself on my lan and don't want to log in at all. i want the c drive
shared, the system folder etc. Every single thing. i don't wanna have to log
in anywhere. if this is not possible can you set it uip so you don'tneed a
password but you can log in with username only? i am the admin too.

the pc will be connected from another pc that is also winxp and my xbox via
xbox media center. each pc has different user accounts. i don't want to log
in at all on either. i connect from xbox to stream music and movies, but it
always asks for log in. it does this for each pc, each folder etc. i don't
want that. and i don't know how to save the log in in xbox media center
media player thing so it won't ask me anymore on either pc.

I'd be so eternally grateful to any help.

 

[jansant]

you have to create an account on each machine with the same user
name/password. you can normally leave the password blank but thats not
recommended. If the same user name/password is on all the pc's etc then
you only need to log on once on the local machine. all shares on the
other machines that are owned by the account with the same
user/password will be available without needing to provide it again.
you will only have to log in once when you log onto the local machine.
wayne
http://admin.jansant.com

 

[Paul Johnson]

i have windows xp pro sp2 all updates etc. how do i share all drives, all
files, all folders without having to log in?

Don't. Seriously, just don't. Worst idea ever. Moreso if you use wifi.

i want to share my entire pc for myself on my lan and don't want to log in
at all. i want the c drive shared, the system folder etc. Every single
thing. i don't wanna have to log in anywhere. if this is not possible can
you set it uip so you don'tneed a password but you can log in with
username only?

You can do this, but it's tremendously retarded to share more than you have
to and to deliberately remove security controls. Unless you hate having a
working, secure system that you can trust, it's best not to even bark up
that tree.

i am the admin too.

I hope with this you mean that you know the "Administrator" password and not
that you set your normal user day-to-day account to Administrator
privileges, and that you use passwords for all accounts regardless of
privileges. Otherwise you're "admin" in name only and not doing anything
close to a decent job of it; you should only use administrator privileges
when maintaining or configuring systems, not for browsing, email, gaming,
office stuff or anything other than system maintenance.

the pc will be connected from another pc that is also winxp and my xbox
via xbox media center. each pc has different user accounts. i don't want
to log in at all on either. i connect from xbox to stream music and
movies, but it always asks for log in. it does this for each pc, each
folder etc. i don't want that.

Unfortunately, that's something you're just going to have to live with if
you don't want to be a brutally easy target.

and i don't know how to save the log in in xbox media center media player
thing so it won't ask me anymore on either pc.

Don't save passwords. Seriously, use the security controls provided. They
are for your benefit.

 

[Paul Johnson]

Please avoid quoting in reverse order.
http://wiki.ursine.ca/Best_Online_Quoting_Practices

you have to create an account on each machine with the same user
name/password. you can normally leave the password blank but thats not
recommended.

I would consider this out of the realm of intelligence entirely. You can
leave the passwords blank, but the guy who breaks into your network/you
call to come in a fix stuff reserves the right to laugh at you for doing
this.

If the same user name/password is on all the pc's etc then
you only need to log on once on the local machine. all shares on the
other machines that are owned by the account with the same
user/password will be available without needing to provide it again.

Depending on how many machines we're talking about, it might not be a bad
idea to go out and buy another computer and copy of Windows Server to work
as a primary domain controller. If your company isn't made of money like
Microsoft thinks to think you are, recycle a system and use Linux to make
that your primary domain controller.

http://daniel.fiser.cz/?go=samba

Then you can manage accounts networkwide from the PDC which will save you
headaches if you ever experience any turnover.