Solution:Windows Asks For Password On Shared Folders On The Network
This is the most common problem that I encounter when we make a home network using Windows Workgroup that Windows starts asking for username and password when we try to access a shared folder across the network. The worst condition comes in when Windows asks for only the password. The user name is defaulted to ComputerNameGuest and the field is disabled. I have never been able to logon using ANY password under this situation.
While there are many other reasons for this password protection, one of the solutions that I have found out is an interesting one .. I’ve observed that if we disable the guest account in Windows, that freaky guest login also disappears. To disable the guest account, do the following:
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From the left hand pane, select Local Users And Groups –> Users
In the right hand pane, right click Guest and go to properties.
Check “Account is disabled” option.
My guest account is disable, but still i am getting the same coomputername\guest(grayedout) & underneath that password box. I have no password on my machine..,
Any help
Thanks in Advance
windows in some settings requires the destination machine to have a password on it. so, if you are in machine “A” and you want to reach machine “B”, “B” Should have a password on it! I don’t know why for sure but that what I found.
Got it peeps! Temp solution, though, still working around it. I enabled the guest account and gave it a password, it’s just like Bilal said. In the computer I am using to access my main machine, I type that guest password when asked for it.
I’m trying to see if setting up an account on the main machine with the computer name of the second machine will work. If not, I’ll still have the guest account solution.
It’s described here:
http://en.kioskea.net/contents/configuration-reseau/partage-fichiers.php3
Cheers!
Hey guys, I’ve been searching for a solution for this for ages as I didn’t want to enable another account etc.
I found this thread that opened up 4 days ago, and I didn’t even realise this option existed!
You can actually turn off password protected sharing under the advanced sharing settings…
http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/36313-windows-7-network-password-issue.html#post362084
- has the answers shown in a screenshot.
Cheers
@Bilal
This is by design that there should be a username and a password to access a Windows share.
@Peek-A-Chu
Password protecting a guest account is the perfect solution for network sharing as it’s secure enough not to give a standard user password to any network app.
@Barnz
Great find. I was searching for that in my Windows 7 and found the solution in your comment
Turning off password protected sharing under the advanced sharing settings does nothing for me. Still can’t access shared folder from XP machine.
heloo,
i m using Windows 7 and have an issue of “network password” so i disable guest account and network password is disable at advance setting but i did not work beacuse i still require username and password
so if any one have its solution then kindly reply me at
dotmsn@msn.com / network.engineer@msn.com
Thanks Alot
Windows XP request for “Guest” Password when the Simple File Sharing is enabled.
Try This:
Control Panel>Folder Options> Click on View TAB>, in the Box look and clear “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)”, apply and try access again the computer from the network.
Font: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/EN-us
I have found a way to disable the nagging password box in Windows 7 (probably Vista too).
1. Click Start
2. Under you user picture, right click Network
3. Choose Properties (this opens Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center)
4. Click Choose homegroup and sharing options in the lower list (this opens Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Homegroup)
5. Click Change advanced sharing settings… (this opens Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings)
6. The setting right before the last one is: Password protected sharing!
7. Choose Turn off password protected sharing and you are good to go without any restarts and stuff.
Bonus: A quicker way: Type “advanced share” and choose Manage advanced sharing settings
(this will guide you to step 5.)
I had a similar problem to this (Windows 7 stopped being able enumerate or use file shares on an XP machine, even though passwords matched), but none of what’s described here worked. Here’s what I did to fix it. On the Windows 7 machine, in the Group Policy Editor, in the Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options folder, set the “Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level” value to “Send LM & NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated”. I don’t really understand why it worked, but that fixed it (no reboot needed).
This should work between any Windows machine of any release, but for machines without a group policy editor (home, professional etc), follow the instructions at http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-vista/how-to-get-group-policy-editor-in-vista-home-edition/ and use the value ‘1′ (at least I think it’s 1, I’m just guessing). It should have the same effect.
keywords: Windows 7, Enter security password, sharing, DOMAIN, XP
As an update to my last post, it turns out the date was set wrong on the XP machine. Correcting that would have fixed it instead of the above, I think.
I used to view files on my television with an old xbox (not 360!) and XP. I have win7 now but I can’t seem to access them on the xbox. I can see the computer name so at least I know the network itself is ok. But I get that nasty username and password and I have no idea how to make it work. Anyone got an idea?