Can't find network password to file share windows 7
I have 2 pc's, both running Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium, a laptop and a desktop. I have set up media sharing, play to features all absolutely fine, and can access all the files on my laptop from my desktop. However when I try and access all the files on my desktop from my laptop it keeps asking for a network ID and password. I know all my computer names, network id's, network passwords, and user account passwords, but no combinations are working! Is there a password I am missing somewhere?!?! Any advice woud be awesome!
April 11th, 2010 7:53pm

Hi, It should be a file permission issue. You can try the following steps: On the Desktop: Enable Guest account on both computers ==================1. Click Start Menu, type "cmd" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box.2. Right-click the exe file and choose "run as administrator".3. Input the following command in the DOS prompt window and press ENTER: net user guest /active:yes Disable Password Protected Sharing==================Go to Network and Sharing Center and make sure the Password Protected Sharing is disabled Set permission=================1. Right click the shared file and choose Properties. Go to the "File Sharing" dialog box again, choose the account you use and click Add button.2. Select its Permission Level to Co-owner.3. Please also selete EveryOne from the list and click Add.4. Click Share. Also go to Advanced sharing and grant full control permission for the users. If the issue persists, you can turn on Password Protected Sharing and try to access. For more information of file sharing, please refer to the following link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx Hope it helps. Vivian Xing - MSFT
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April 13th, 2010 11:20am

Thanks for the advice but doesn't seem to do the trick. I can see the computer on the network and can view shared folders under the homegroup, but whenever I try and access them it says to 'Enter Network Password' then gives prompts to put in my UserName and Password, it finds the user. but not matter what password I type in it keeps saying that it is invalid! I may have missed something but I can't find anything under the Network and Sharing Center which mentions password protected sharing, only a option to view and change my Homegroup Password. At the moment I am making do with sending files from my Desktop to my desktop, no password needed.
April 13th, 2010 7:55pm

Hi, What exact error message is received? How about re-estabilish this homegroup? You can also try using file sharing instead of homegroup.Vivian Xing - MSFT
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April 14th, 2010 6:18am

At the moment I am accessing the network section of explorer. I have tried accessing by going through the homegroup and double clicking the shared folders, but when I double click on the folder (or right click open) there is not response, and doesn't go into the folder. When trying to access it via the network it opens up a 'Windows Security' window asking for my user name and password, stating 'logon failure: Unknown User name or bad password'.
April 14th, 2010 8:28pm

At the moment I am accessing the network section of explorer. I have tried accessing by going through the homegroup and double clicking the shared folders, but when I double click on the folder (or right click open) there is not response, and doesn't go into the folder. When trying to access it via the network it opens up a 'Windows Security' window asking for my user name and password, stating 'logon failure: Unknown User name or bad password'. I am having the same exact problem and it is making it impossible to scan documents and have the scans sent to any folder on my computer, wirelessly from my HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier printer. This is a brand new printer, by the way. (Thought printer model info might be helpful). In any case, I see the same demand for a network password and user name, both when trying to access other computers on my network AND to send anything from the printer to my main computer. I've used every password I can think of, all of which I wrote down when setting up my D-Link router on this (also new) Win 7 computer. Was able to get the printer to connect wirelessly so that I can at least print things sent from my desktop TO the printer, but it resolutely refuses to allow anything (a scan) to go from printer TO the desktop. Making the printer connect wirelessly at all, required the security key for my network. And it did work to connect for printing purposes. But that code is apparently NOT also the network password, since it is not recognized.
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May 14th, 2010 8:51pm

I'm having a very similar issue here, if not the same. This is stupid. Microsoft cannot even come up with an answer for this inconvenience. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itpronetworking/thread/5d1c5255-15d7-487e-8573-0c52dd3a97e1?prof=required I need to enter "Guest" username to access the share. ridiculous.
June 29th, 2010 1:18am

I'm facing the exact same problem, its asking me for a username and password. i've tried all the possible usernames and passwords but im having no luck. I didn't have this problem when i was running Windows Vista on Both my laptop and desktop. But when i installed windows 7 on both my computers its asking me for a username and password. PLEASE HELP
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August 3rd, 2010 2:16pm

At the moment I am accessing the network section of explorer. I have tried accessing by going through the homegroup and double clicking the shared folders, but when I double click on the folder (or right click open) there is not response, and doesn't go into the folder. When trying to access it via the network it opens up a 'Windows Security' window asking for my user name and password, stating 'logon failure: Unknown User name or bad password'. In this case, it should be the user name and password of the target computer where you are accessing the file.
August 3rd, 2010 3:18pm

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