For Windows® 2008
operating systems, shares must be shared for the Guest or Everyone
accounts, and password protected sharing must be disabled for the Microsoft® Windows Server Message Broker (SMB) protocol
to be used.
About this task
To disable password protected sharing, complete the following
steps:
Procedure
- Click .
- Click the down arrow that is next to Password
protected sharing.
- Click Turn off password protected sharing.
- Click Apply, and exit the control
panel.
What to do next
In addition, you might need to disable User Account Control
if your account is not a domain user account. For information about
disabling User Account control, see
Configuring Windows Vista operating systems for using SMB.