password protect computers on workgroup

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Hello,
My friends and i have setup up a small workgroup (3 of us - all have XP
Pro), and all we want to do is to be able to share files. Obviously this is
very simple, we have our shared folders set up so that network users are not
allowed to change the files. What we would like to be able to do is when you
click on one of the three computers you would have to input a user/password
in order to browse the shared files. If it is possible to do this without
any third party software that would be fantastic, thank you
 
Yes...really easy to do. On eoption is to ensure that you are all logging in
to your local machine (the one you are sat at) with a different username and
password (password cannot be left blank in Windows XP networking). You will
also need to ensure that you know the username and password on the remote
machine

Fo example,

PC1 has a username X and password 1
PC2 has a username Y and password 2
PC3 has a username Z and password 3

When PC1 treies to access PC3 you will be prompted for a username and
password. You will need to know the username and password of an account on
the remote machine, in the above example being username Z and password 3

Hope this helps

bigbohan
 
Yes, it is possible.

1. Make sure the guest account is disabled.
2. I will logon computer A as bob while you logon computer B as 821. I will create a username called tester and give it a rights to the shared folder. Also make sure no 821 username in my computer. When 821 access my computer, you will be prompted for a username and password. Type tester and password.

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Hello,
My friends and i have setup up a small workgroup (3 of us - all have XP
Pro), and all we want to do is to be able to share files. Obviously this is
very simple, we have our shared folders set up so that network users are not
allowed to change the files. What we would like to be able to do is when you
click on one of the three computers you would have to input a user/password
in order to browse the shared files. If it is possible to do this without
any third party software that would be fantastic, thank you
 
Ok, great. Now my question is, how do you set it up so that it requires
other users on other computers to type in a user/password in order to access
my shared files?

Thank you.
 
Hello,
My friends and i have setup up a small workgroup (3 of us - all have XP
Pro), and all we want to do is to be able to share files. Obviously this is
very simple, we have our shared folders set up so that network users are not
allowed to change the files. What we would like to be able to do is when you
click on one of the three computers you would have to input a user/password
in order to browse the shared files. If it is possible to do this without
any third party software that would be fantastic, thank you
Click to expand...

Here's how to do exactly what you want. On each computer:

1. Make sure that simple file sharing is enabled:

a. Open My Computer and click Tools | Folder Options | View.
b. Scroll to the end of the advanced settings.
c. Put a check mark in "Use simple file sharing (recommended)".

2. Enable the Guest account for network access by typing this line at
the command prompt:

net user guest /active:yes

3. Create a network password for 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. Enter a password in the boxes and click OK.

If simple file sharing was previously disabled (the box was
un-checked), you might need to un-share and re-share all shared disks
and folders to make the changes take effect.

Now, anyone who tries to access a computer over the network will have
to enter that computer's Guest account network password.
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