Windows 2003 Server on a domain, XP client PCs on a workgroup - file share without authentication?

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Published on 2010-04-13T13:33:36Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 13:43 UTC
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I have a windows 2003 server on a domain and client PCs running XP on a workgroup. I have created a file share on the server that should be accessible by the client PCs. I even set the security and sharing to 'Everyone' just to test.

When I try to access the file share from any of the XP machines, I get an authentication prompt that displays asking for credentials, even though 'Everyone' has full control currently (just for testing purposes). Why is it asking to authenticate? I need it to where it doesn't ask to authenticate.

I also made sure passwords were set on all XP machines since I found this could be one possible issue and they all were. Any ideas? Thanks!

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