The easiest method is to have a password on the account of the computer hosting the shared drive. Although previous versions of Windows will allow you to use multiple monitors, Windows 7 allows you to really control the display by changing the resolution, orientation, and appearance of items in each monitor.
Sharing a drive without password protection is possible, but it can be finicky. Windows 7 makes working with multiple monitors easier than ever. Because you cannot enter a blank password, you will be effectively gated from connecting to the drive. If your account is not password protected, you will still receive prompts to enter a password when connecting to the drive over the network. There is one thing to note before we get started: The methods described in this article require that the Windows account on the computer that your shared drive is physically attached to must be both an admin account and password protected. We’ll go into all the steps in detail, but they can be roughly summarized as follows.Ĭhoose the drives on your computer that you want to share, and expose them to the network using Windows Advanced Sharing.Connect your other computers to the shared drives using Windows' “Map Network Drive” function.Add an exception in Windows Internet Options to prevent Windows from warning you when you move data to and from the network drives.