Ok, I finally got XP and thought that it was a good thing. Well my network was set up seamlessly between two computers on a simple network. One computer stayed on all the time and downloaded torrents and hosted a website wil the other did as it pleased. The 'torrent' computer had a shared flder that it would PLACE the downloaded files in so that the 'FREE' computer could accses them as it pleased. This was fine, the hardware firewall protected the network from intrusions and everyting was fine and dandy. Well I got XP and the person controling the free computer does not want to intall it. I installed it on the torrent computer and it was fine untill... The free computer tryed to accses the torrent computer. Initialy the torrent computer had 2k sp4 on it and it was upgraded to XP without hassle. But now the free computer cannot accses the torrent computer over the network becasue XP on the torrent computer blocks the connection. I need to know how to allow EVERYONE I mean EVERYONE on the local WORKGROUP channel to accses this computer. I am ASKING this here becasue I dont have $10.00US a minute to ask Microsoft about it.Are you running XP Pro or Home? If pro, open Windows Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->View, the last option on the bottom, Use Simple File Sharing. If this is disabled, you have to create a user for other PEOPLE to log in with or else they won't have access. If this option is enabled anyone can access your shared folders without logging in.

Are there any firewalls running? Try to disable them and see if that makes a difference.

Yeah that did do something. Now when the other computer attempts to acsses the computer it asks for a username and password I dont know what one.