Windows 7 prompts for password even though password protected sharing is off
You may run into this:
- You are sharing files between two Windows 7 computers on the same network.
- You go into the Network and Sharing center and turn off password protected sharing.
- You try to access the shared resource from another computer and it still prompts you for a username and password.
Here’s what I did to solve it. On the computer that hosts the shared resource:
- Make sure the Guest account is not disabled
- Make sure the Guest account does not have a password. To make sure of this, go into Local Users and Computer and reset the Guest account password. Give it a blank password.
- Make sure the Guest account is not denied access from the network. To do this, go into Local Security Policy and drill down to Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment. Look for a policy called “Deny access to this computer from the network.” If the Guest account is listed there, delete it.
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Ok, so none of that worked for me, this did
Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Local Security Policy
Security Options
set “Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts” to “Guest only – local users authenticate as Guest”
It is supposed to be set that way as default for non domain computers but mine wasn’t
You might want to do #3 above also, guest wasn’t listed under mine.
I also had to set the ‘Network Access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users’ to Enabled
😛 Fantastic Q’s instruction worked for me, changing the Sharing & Security model. Thanks for the article!