Hi,

I have an Windows 7 laptop. I am tyrying to connect to a Windows 2000 machine. I go to Start and then type in the PC name of the Windows 2000 machine. First it would ask me for a user name. Then it would ask me for a password. My laptop has no password. The last few times that I tried to connect to the PC, it only asks me for my password. When I connect my PC to an XP machine, it does not asks a user name/password. What can I do so it doesnt ask for a user name/password when I try to connect to the Windows 2000 PC. And this PC is not listed under Network. So the only I can connect to this PC is by going to Start and then entering the PC name.Do you need bidirectional sharing or can a network share on Windows 2000 box work as a target location to share data between both systems?

If single-directional sharing is good enough you can create a share on the C: drive on the Windows 2000 system, and share it with everyone ( not very secure, but fine if on a private lan with no external threats ) and be able to ACCESS this share from the Windows 7 system via IP of the Windows 2000 system and share name such as \\192.168.1.7\share$

using the share name of share$ to make hidden with $ and using the actual IP of this system on your network VS 192.168.1.7 as I have shown as example.

This share can be the entire C: drive of the Windows 2000 system if you chose to create a root share vs just a specific folder on the C: drive of the Windows 2000 system.

Your Windows 7 system should then be able to read/write to the location on the Windows 2000 box as long as everyone has been set to read/write.

You can then drop files to this share from the Windows 7 machine to the Windows 2000 machine if needed since Windows 2000 accessing Windows 7 will be troublesome without killing security of Windows 7 I am guessing, as well as verifying that its only using IPv4 since Windows 2000 does not natively support IPv6. There is however limited IPv6 support as referenced here for Windows 2000 HTTP://www.dslreports.com/faq/12122 if you need to stick with IPv6 vs IPv4. I have not tested Windows 2000 Pro on IPv6. I stopped using Windows 2000 Pro about 4 years ago when I made the move to minimum Windows OS of Windows XP Pro for security patches and to continue to use software that no longer supported 2000 Pro in newer releases.