Sharing The drives

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Prideuk - 29 May 2007 16:21 GMT

I have tried to share my drives on my network, but everytime i go to access
it, it wants a password and user name, which I have never put in , but will
not let me have access to it from any laptops or pc

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Gloria Boyer [MSFT] - 29 May 2007 20:32 GMT

Vista requires a username and password unless you use "simple file sharing"
(similar to file sharing in XP). This article explains:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx

Thanks for posting.

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Microsoft Corporation

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BurrWalnut - 30 May 2007 13:46 GMT

If you want to share the whole drive, you have to make ‘Everyone’ appear in
the Security Tab, have a look here
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/vista/1008-how-share-root-drive-under-vista.html

> I have tried to share my drives on my network, but everytime i go to access
> it, it wants a password and user name, which I have never put in , but will
> not let me have access to it from any laptops or pc

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