Click on "Change advanced sharing settings"ħ.
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You can find the automatic logon options for Mac in System Preferences->Accounts.Ĥ. Leave it blank if there is no password (null). Enter the correct password for that user account (if there Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Start->Search box->type: netplwiz Ĭlick on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by UAC If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop in Win7 (into one particular user's account). Do not neglect to create passwords, even if only simple ones. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different the accounts/passwords just need to existĪnd match on all machines. You must create matching user accounts/passwords on both the Mac and Windows 7. Click the Options button and select "Share files and folders using SMB". On Mac, make sure you have File sharing ticked in System Preferences->Sharing. On a network it is almost as easy as networking from the Mac side. Thank you for writing to Microsoft Forums.Īctually, Windows 7 does a much better job of sharing with Mac than Vista did.