Do you mean uncheck file and printer sharing because I tried it and now I don't even get a password prompt. The thing in computer management is the same as the one I used when I right click the folder I want to share and go to sharing and security and permissions. Thanks for the reply, I'll keep fooling around with it and report back.

edit
I just did an experiment. I went to the XP pro machine and made a limited user account which was the same name as the admin account on the sharing computer. Then I ran the net use command and it asked me for a user name and I left it blank. Then it asked for a password, and I entered the admin password for the sharing computer and it worked. This still doesn't solve my problem. I should just be able to specify the username as the admin on the sharing comp and not have to make a separate user account.

I just ran the net use command from another account that does not have the admin name to test something. When it prompted me for the username I entered the admin user then when I was prompted for a password I entered the admin password. The error it gave me was something about that user not being allowed that type of logon on this computer(i think meaning the computer I was trying to connect from). I think it may be a client side error. I'm going to change some settings and see what I come up with. Anyone have any ideas?

I'm thinking this can't be done except in a domain. I have tried some more configs without luck. I know that at my school I am able to access a share by typing: net use z: \\server\share /user: username
and then giving the password when prompted, but this server runs Solaris. I guess I will just have to go with having the guest account used with a password. That should be secure enough with a secure password. Thanks for the help.


edit2
I have done lots of probing now on my network. I just found out that someone can only access the C$, ADMIN$ and all those others $ things if you have simple file sharing turned off. I think my win98 machine is the best because all i have to do is set it to do a network logon and I can be any user I want on the network. If I want access to the C$ share on a computer with the admin name foobar I just log on to my win98 machine with username foobar, drop into the command prompt and do a little net use command, give the password and I'm in. Kindof neat and a good learning experience. Still haven't figured out the username network logon though. I probably never will. Peace


edit3
Well, here is what I've got. If you rename the guest account the user will have to put in the new name and password. Now if you could have multiple guest accounts then I guess you could have multiple users. [edit] just tried it and it didn't work. You can only use the built in guest account and rename it for more security. Hope this post is a good resource for other users of the site. [/edit]