network log in problems

[pnewby]

hey guys,

I have had this problem ever since i ever set up a network from the first time with my computer and its starting to get annoying when you have enough people trying to get to your shared folders. anyhow, when someone is on my network and they try to get into a shared folder of mine it ask them to log in and they have to log in using an account that i make on my computer. I don't know why they would need to do this because the folder is supposed to be shared, the permissions says that it is set to everyone, so i don't know what the problem is. Can anyone help?

[blubomber]

What version of windows are the workstations and are you in an Active Directory Domain or a Workgroup?

[pnewby]

we are all running windows xp

[pnewby]

can anyone help me with this?

[muno]

If either, share rights/ntfs rights deny access to the share, it will fail. If ntfs deny access, but share allow, it will fail. It will only work when both, share and ntfs rights are set right.
-M

[pnewby]

how do i set them?

[muno]

Right click a shared folder, select properties, click 'security' tab, see that the permissions are correct. Click 'sharing' tab, click 'permissions', see that the permissions are correct.
-M

[blubomber]

Since you are not part of a Domain, and i am assuming that everyone is part of the same workgroup, every user has to have an account on each computer they want to connect to.

So the way you have it setup right now, is the way it works. Just create a generic account for everyone to use (like you have done), and just have the other users map your shared drive. Although it has been a while since i used this method, i believe that once they map your share folder with a user name and password, the wont have to again (unless the password for the generic account changes).

So, try having the other users map your shared folder.

[pnewby]

how do they map it?

[blubomber]

They can right click on the network neighborhood icon and go to Map Network Drive. Then it will open a window that will allow you to assign a drive letter and also browse the network to the share they want to map. Have them browse to your PC, and i think that it will ask for a pass word when you click ok to map that drive. Once that is done, your folder will show up on their PC under My Computer as a little hard drive icon with a line coming out of the bottom. Then, if all goes as planned, all they have to do is double click on it to open your shared folder.

You can look in your windows help file on Drive Mapping if you need more info.