I am networking Windows7 and Windows XP computers. I am able to require a password for users trying to access files on the windows 7 machines. I can not find this same option on the XP machines (AN OPTION TO REQUIRE THE WINDOWS 7 USERS TO ENTER A USER NAME AND PASSWORD TO ACCESS FILES ON THE xp MACHINE). iS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE xp mACHINE REQUIRE A PASSWORD FROM OTHER USERS? Also is the material that gets shared going through the internet or just through the router? 1 person needs an answerI do too

XP Home enforces "Simple File Sharing" and will not permit network username/password authentication -- everyone authenticates as user "Guest".XP Pro allows username/password authentication if Simple File Sharing is turned off. See the following KB article for instructions:"How to disable simple file sharing and how to set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP"< http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/en-us >In a typical home network sharing situation behind a router, nothing goes out to the internet unless the source or destination is on the internet. Sharing between local computers behind internet router is strictly local.HTH, JW

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