Password Elimination

Just set them as credentials. You are always going to be asked for passwords, if you have a properly secured LAN.

You have not setup your network shares properly. I have my pc setup so it is a private not public network (it is illogical but a private network is more public than a public network - yet public network means it it is a network where the public can access it so is more locked down by default).

In network sharing centre, you set share permissions to everyone, and turn off need for paswords.

My main rig is setup like that, and I can access it without passwords even from my android devices.

rLsj said:

bro67 writes,
"You are always going to be asked for passwords, if you have a properly secured LAN."
I don't want a secured LAN, properly or otherwise. I want a LAN (note hardwired and very local) whose machines can exchange files without ever knowing a password. Do you declare it impossible?
Obviously passwordless code can transfer files using the TCP/IP calls; the hard part is displaying the machines' file structures to permit transfer selection. Does no app exist for this independent of the OS?

If you do not want to secure it, then go into advanced sharing and disable password protection. Not much else to say than you open yourself up to huge security issues if malware takes over and gets the full run of your system.

Also passwords have zero to do with whatever you came up with about thinking that they can just go out and unlock any file or folder without you doing anything. The reason we password protect systems is not to keep the dishonest people out. It is to secure our life, just like you place locks on doors and windows to protect your family, not to protect the bad guys. I just put out a warning that you are going to open yourself up to risks if you keep any banking or financial information, along with other items that you do not want people to access, but allow them full access to.

rLsj said:

To bro67:
Life is a tradeoff of protection vs. convenience. I choose convenience. The sensitive data on my network have other protections.

To cereberus:
I have tried all that network sharing and property dialogs offer in vain. I think the current debacle occurred when I assigned a password to the hub machine in order temporarily to connect another Windows-10 computer that absolutely would not participate without passwords. Now I have removed the password and rechecked the profusion of permission declarations, but all the other machines insist on knowing the now nonexistent password.

I'm tired of struggling with Microsoft security presumptions. It appears that the only reliable solution is to find an independent file transfer method. Can you recommend one?

If all you want to do is transfer files, Teamviewer is probably easiest solution.

Plankton I do love those who share Social Media Accounts and emails. Nothing is sacred if you wish to keep certain items secret. Even just going with a Cloud account helps when storing items there, since it leaves a mirrored copy if you wish on your hard drive. Storage is pretty cheap these days, especially $2.99 for 200gb for iCloud.