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I have been successfully networking all systems from XP to Win8 with each other and with Tiger to Mt. Lion forever. Fortunately, I have never had to do anything extraordinary because I wouldn't have known how. The strangest thing I have encountered in this regard is Windows password protected sharing. Despite all my practical experience, this "feature" almost never does completely what I expect. For the most part, I always just say "whatever," and set my Windows machines so they work as close to the way I want as is possible (for me). I know there are some good networking people on board so I finally have decided to ask if others find password protected sharing to be as strange as I do. I have read numerous explanations of password protected sharing, but I never think those doing the writing have ever tried to use password protected sharing from what they say. A couple of examples will partially illustrate what I am talking about.
All my Win machines (2 Win7's and a Win8) currently have password protected sharing enabled. Yet, they virtually never require a user name and password when sharing. The user names and passwords are different on each of the machines. Sometimes they do require user names and passwords after restarting all, for example, of the machines. My Macs currently require user names and passwords to connect with the Win machines. However, they did the same thing when password protected sharing was off on all the Wins. Go figure.
And, then there is the screen below that drives me nuts since it generally does not describe what happens as best I can tell--as indicated above. And, does it really mean that one trying to access "my" Win across my network has to have a user name and password on "my" Win to do so? Well that never is the case. Wins can always access other Wins on my network whether or not password protected sharing is enabled anywhere or nowhere and no matter whether they have user names and passwords on the other machines.
All my Win machines (2 Win7's and a Win8) currently have password protected sharing enabled. Yet, they virtually never require a user name and password when sharing. The user names and passwords are different on each of the machines. Sometimes they do require user names and passwords after restarting all, for example, of the machines. My Macs currently require user names and passwords to connect with the Win machines. However, they did the same thing when password protected sharing was off on all the Wins. Go figure.
And, then there is the screen below that drives me nuts since it generally does not describe what happens as best I can tell--as indicated above. And, does it really mean that one trying to access "my" Win across my network has to have a user name and password on "my" Win to do so? Well that never is the case. Wins can always access other Wins on my network whether or not password protected sharing is enabled anywhere or nowhere and no matter whether they have user names and passwords on the other machines.
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- OS
- Win7 Ult on DIY; Win8 Pro on MBP/Parallels; Win7 Ult on MBP/Boot Camp; Win7 Ult/Win8 Pro on HP
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- DIY Rig; MacBook Pro (MBP)/Parallels/Boot Camp; HP Pavilion dv6500t Laptop
- CPU
- Intel i7-2600K (sometimes OC'd to 4.8 GHz)
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Rev B3
- Memory
- 16 GB Corsair Vengeance
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA 570 SC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Gateway
- Hard Drives
- Dual Boot:
Win7 Ult RAID 0 on OCZ Revo x2 and
Win7 Ult RAID 0 on Caviar Black SATA 3's
- PSU
- Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000W
- Case
- Cooler Master 932 HAF
- Cooling
- Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B CPU Fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500
- Mouse
- Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500
- Internet Speed
- 20 Mbps Download/2+ Mbps Upload
- Other Info
- Pioneer Blu-ray Burner/DVD Burner