![]() Specifically, if the machine with the Microsoft account tries to access the machine with the local account, it will prompt for a username and password, and access will fail unless username and password of an actual user on the target machine are provided. ![]() As soon as one of the machines - either the one accessing the files or the one sharing them - uses a Microsoft account, it is no longer possible to access any files or folders on the other machines. In Windows 10 and Windows 8, the same still works, but only if both machines use local accounts. In Windows 7 and Vista, I just go to Network and Sharing Center, enable file and printer sharing, disable password protected sharing, and it all works. I want to be able to share individual folders on the network, by setting them to shared through File Explorer. ![]() I have a home network, with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 machines, all in the same Workgroup. My question is: How to set up file sharing correctly, in a home network, with Windows 8/10, so sharing any folder with "Everyone" (File Explorer->Right click on folder->Properties->Sharing->AdvancedSharing->Share this folder) actually shares the folder with everyone, without password, even with Microsoft accounts?īefore you answer, please read on, because the trivial solution does not work if Microsoft accounts are involved.
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