February 9th, 2017, 04:35 AM
It says to turn off password protection to allow any user to access the shares.
If you don't want to do that, THEN you need a password.
February 9th, 2017, 04:11 AM
What password are you talking about? You don't need to have a Windows password.
You might hate change, but XP is no longer secure. Vista was terrible, but 7 is pretty solid.
February 9th, 2017, 02:51 AM
Homegroups are not supported by XP. You'd have to use workgroups.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/share-files-and-printers-between-windows-7-and-xp/
That's normal and there is no easy...
