I think I am just over looking this option, but I want to block just anyone from accessing my shared folders on the network, so I set up a new account, and I would like to share folders on the network and they have to log on with that account and password.

Bryan, what if you leave the folders clearly visible to anyone who wishes to see them, but zip them up? Using zip, you can set a password and without it, the contents are gibberish. Give the PW to whomever you wish. HTH. Ed in Texas.

set the file permissions - that's what they're designed to do! allow the users you wish to access the file and remove 'everyone' that will solve the problem. MSI KT4AV-L AMD Athlon XP 2800 1Gb Crucial 3200 DDR 160Gb Seagate Barracuda ATI 256Mb 9600XT 16x DL DF DVD/RW 16x DVD ROM 9-in-1 Flash Media FDD

Before you can set them permissions on a drive or folder you have to go to the folder options and uncheck simple file sharing. This will give you an extra tab when you right click a drive or folder. You will then be able to set permissions for that shared resource.

I did that, but it only says they don't have permission, I would like it to prompt for a user and password for them to lon as. How can I do that?

If you want your machine to promp for a password every time a shared resource is accessed instead of letting them access it because they are logged onto another machine try the following. I copied this from the web somewhere in case I ever wanted it. I can't take credit for it as it is someone elses. Here you go. (1) Open Explorer or My computer then go to the tools menu and folder options. Click the view tab and go down to Use Simple File sharing: Untick it. (2) Down to Control Panel and open Administrative tools. Open Computer management (3) Under Computer Management click the + beside System tools. Then the + beside Local Users and Groups. Open the Users folder (4) In the Uses menu you should have a user called Administrator, a User Called Guest and the user names of the people who use your computer. Right Click on the Guest User and go to set password. Type in the password you wish to use and click ok. Then exit Computer Management and Administrative tools (5) Right Click on the folder you wish to share, (such as Music) and click Sharing and Security from the menu. (6) Click Share this folder. Then click permissions. If you only want people who have a password to access the folder then remove Everyone. Next Click add, then click Advanced and Find Now. This lists all the users and stuff on your PC. Select the User Guest and Click ok. (You will also need to add your own user name and any other users on your system if you want the to be able to access the file through My network Places) (7) Now try going to the folder from another computer on your network. It should ask for a password, the password you typed in for Guest, no matter what user name that computer is running under. Hope this helps.