Windows XP Pro file sharing question

[SuRGV]

hi guys,
I've having little issue with file sharing between my two Windows XP computers. Much research has been done but no answer is found.

I have two comps:
+ A Desktop with Windows XP Pro SP2: 1x160HDD partitioned into some FAT32 and NTFS partitions. 2x80 HDDs in RAID-1 mode and NTFS
+ A laptop with Windows XP Pro SP1: 1xHDD with two partitions both in NTFS.

Accessing to whichever shared folder on the Desktop is fine without any trouble. But accessing to all shared folders on the Laptop always requires to enter username and passowd (which is the user account and its associated password on the laptop) ???

Simple File Sharing is Disabled on both computer.

Any idea why?

Thanks a lot in advance.

[dZeus]

you need to have the guest account enabled on the laptop, as well as give it rights to access through the network (you can set the last option in the local security policy).

[UtwigMU]

Or alternatively if you don't like guest accounts you have to have same account names and passwords for all accounts and they must have NTFS permissions to access folders. The accounts need not have same rights, IE User1 can be admin on Desktop and user on Laptop and he can still access files.

IE:
Desktop
User1, "password1"
User2, "password2"

Laptop
User1, "password1"
User2, "password2"

Now both users can access shares on each box.

In some cases a firewall needs to be set so that it allows for remote connections from local LAN (achieved by setting up trusted network and more permissions).

This is how I have things set up.

[SuRGV]

dZeus,
Problem's solved! In fact I've cofigured so that user name and password are always required when accessing to both machines. Thank you very much for the guide.

UtwigMU,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will play with it later. Now 4:43 AM here and need some sleep.