Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I've shared a folder on the root of the C drive and given everyone read access, just as a test. In network sharing center I've disabled password protected sharing. So despite the fact that password protected sharing is disabled it still isn't allowing anonymous access. If you want to access the sharing on Windows Server computer from Windows XP and Windows , you have to perform the following steps:.
Public folder sharing: Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open files or Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open, change, and create files ;.
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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Network sharing on Server asking for login Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 10 months ago. In particular, I don't want clients to have to deal with a login window when they navigate to, e.
There are both Windows 7 and Windows XP clients that need access to these shares. Other Windows 7 machines automatically try logging in as Guest, it seems, so their users don't have to deal with the login window. The problem is with the XP clients--they can access the server if the user enters "Guest" in the login window, but I don't want users to have to do that.
So from what I gather, in my limited understanding of Windows file sharing, this boils down to granting null sessions access to file shares on WIN7SVR. But I've had no success so far on that front. I've tried all the following in the local group policy editor on the Windows 7 server:. Any advice would be highly appreciated I'm mostly a Unix guy, so I feel somewhat out of my league with Windows file sharing. I do understand that any sort of anonymous access to file shares isn't generally ideal from a security standpoint, but it's the most practical solution for us in this case, and access to our network is well enough controlled that share-level security isn't a concern.
This might be completely off, but do the XP clients have simple file sharing enabled? And are they XP pro or home? Couldn't get this to work for a while too. The problem only happens with some XP installations but never with seven. Network sharing on Server asking for login. I had the same problem in the opposite direction.
I was trying to share a printer attached to a Windows XP machine, while all my clients were using Windows 7. I tried a LOT of things. In the end I solved the problem like this:. Sign up to join this community.
Check the options Render print jobs on client computers on the Sharing tab. Then check all permissions for Everyone group on the printer Security tab. Despite your warning, how many people will apply quickly — too quickly I would say — what is written in this article? How to do to pass all passwords in clear text?
How to do to avec all inbound rules open on a firewall? Thanks for your feedback! Yes, you are right — anonymous access is an extremely dangerous thing from a security point of view. In the article, I described a fairly secure way to provide anonymous access to a specific shared folder on Windows. In my case, this was the only solution available to access shared resource on a specific domain computer from a workgroup.
You can use the article for informational purposes, or check your policy settings to completely disable anonymous access in your network. What if my windows machine is inside a local network behind a router i.
There are different users and use cases Oliver. People like Oliver are the worst.
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