Share Windows Drive Without Password

[bobhays]

Hi everyone, I'm trying to share my a drive on my PC without a password so anyone on the network can access it. The "server" is a desktop and the client is a laptop. When I try to access the drive from my laptop it asks for login info. If I enter my desktop's login credentials it works just fine. Since I'm trying to do this without a login I turned off password protected sharing. I can now connect to my desktop without a password but when I go to open the network shared drive it says Permission denied. This worked just fine when I had a password but doesn't work when I remove the password. Is there a way to access the share without needing a password?

 

Also a separate issue, on my other laptop I can't access my FreeNAS share. It works on the 3 other windows computers in my house but not on that one. Are there any settings I need to account for?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Enable guest to read and write on the folder

[snortings]

accepted

Go to Control Panel > Network and sharing center > Change advanced sharing settings > Enable Turn Off password protect sharing option.

[bobhays]

Just now, snortings said:

accepted

Go to Control Panel > Network and sharing center > Change advanced sharing settings > Enable Turn Off password protect sharing option.

I already did that in OP

[bobhays]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Enable guest to read and write on the folder

I had it on everyone previously. I just added the guest also but it made no difference.

[BigBill]

For me, I just have the clients (laptops) remember the desktop's login credentials. I know it can be not as safe but it does the job. 

[.:MARK:.]

On the drive you wish to share, you need to set the permission on the filesystem (found in the properties dialog when right clicking on the drive), add a user called Everyone and set the permissions to read and write. Then go to sharing permissions and also add the user Everyone and set the read/write permissions there too.