How can I connect to another computer in your network? to share photos, music and videos

I want to connect my computers families so I can share music and pictures they take... but when I click to join their files, it asks me the username and password... is something that someone had put in place or is it in your computer?

Hello

1. are you using cable or wireless network?

2 are all computers that are running Windows 7 on the network?

What version of the operating system Windows am I running?

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/which-version-of-the-Windows-operating-system-am-i-running

No, Windows does not let you to set passwords that limit access to shared folders. However, if you are not on a domain, you can limit network access to the Public folder by turning password protected sharing or disable. This allows only people with a user account and the password for your computer to access the Public folder over the network.

Whether you are on a domain or not, you can limit access to other folders by choosing to share only with specific people, grant share permissions. Permissions can be granted to an individual or a group of users on the same network, allowing them to access your shared folders. You can also set the level of access, allowing people to just open shared files, or also to change, create, or delete. For more information, see

Share files via public folders

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/share-files-using-the-public-folders

Share files with anyone

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/share-files-with-someone

See also:

Sharing files and printers with different versions of Windows

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/sharing-files-and-printers-with-different-versions-of-Windows

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