I've got a laptop running XP SP3. If I log in locally to the laptop and try to map a network drive from a server on my network, it prompts me for a username and password which I supply and then the drive is mapped. The problem is that when I click on the new drive, I get an access denied message. It is trying to connect to the share with my local account which does not have access privileges. Previously it would prompt me for a username and password, but apparently I changed some security settings and it doesn't do this anymore.The same thing happens if I use the net use command. I can map the drive by supplying an appropriate username and password, but I can't browse it in windows explorer. I would really like to understand the setting that controls whether you get a prompt when accessing a resource over the network. I believe it is related to the security policy setting for Network Access: Sharing and security model for local accounts. I've played with that a bit, but to no avail. I realize that I could probably add an account with the same username / password as my local account to the server and give it access to my shared folder. I do not want to do this. I've got several users that share the laptop and have access to the local account (I realize this is not ideal, but it is unavoidable at the moment). I do not want them to have access to this network share. Can anyone help me get my login prompt back? I've been searching google for the last 2 days trying all kinds of suggested solutions, but I was unable to find one that works. 1 person got this answerI do too