With Password Protected Sharing turned on, anyone with a local user account and password can access Public folders, shared files, and printers. With Password Protected Sharing turned off, you can share files with any users without an account and password. Here's how to turn Password Protected Sharing on or off.


Click Start > Settings > Network & Internet.

On the right, click on Network & Sharing Center.

Click on Change advanced sharing settings.



Scroll down and expand All Networks.



Scroll down to Password protected sharing.

Click on Turn on password protected sharing or Turn off password protected sharing .



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