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