Network drives protected? HELP PLEASE

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i am running windows xp professional sp2

i have 3 network shared files (on a workgroup) that are set as network
drives on my other network computers (3 intotal)

forsome reason on the other 2 computers it is now asking for a username and
password to access them. it never did that before. i have already tried to
set the permissions to these files by allowing full access to everyone and to
my netowrk but nothing seems to be working...

Can someone please help me?!
Thanks
tom
 
TOM said:
i am running windows xp professional sp2

i have 3 network shared files (on a workgroup) that are set as network
drives on my other network computers (3 intotal)

forsome reason on the other 2 computers it is now asking for a username and
password to access them. it never did that before. i have already tried to
set the permissions to these files by allowing full access to everyone and to
my netowrk but nothing seems to be working...

Can someone please help me?!
Thanks
tom
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Is simple file sharing enabled or disabled on the computer that owns
the shared files? To see:

1. Open My Computer and click Tools | Folder Options | View.
2. Scroll to the end of the advanced settings.
3. Look at the box "Use simple file sharing (recommended)".

If simple file sharing is enabled (box is checked):

1. Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter this
command to enable the Guest account for network access:

net user guest /active:yes

2. Remove any network password from the Guest account:

a. Click Start | Run.
b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK:
c. Click Guest.
d. Click Reset Password.
e. Click OK without entering a new password.

If simple file sharing is disabled (box is not checked), see this web
page for how to set up permissions and user accounts in XP Pro:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm

If those steps don't solve the problem, un-share and re-share the
disks or folders that contain the shared files.
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