user accounts....

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hondro

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i want to set up my computer so that when someone else at my house (my network) wants something from my computer they just type in 'user' in the name box and just press enter to get in. I thought i did it earlier by just creating an account on my computer called 'user' but the only account that works for accessing files is my admin name and password. do i just have to log on to the other account and enable sharing on that one?
 
ok i got off my butt and figured it out. for anybody that doesnt already know all you have to do to share a folder with an account that isnt admin in vista is to go to the folder you want to share, right click share, then open the dropdown box and go to the user you want to add, then click share or add this user
 
Yeah, that's how you can do it. If you want to keep it from prompting at all you'll have to enable guest access. I'm pretty sure windows tries to access a file share using guest authentication before prompting you for a username and password.
 
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