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To share a folder on a Windows 7 machine you will need to allow for the files to be shared.
You can do this under “Network and Sharing Center” and then under “Advanced Sharing Center”.

So far, so good…
But if you don’t want users from the XP devices to get an popup asking for credentials, you will need to disable the “Password Protect Sharing”, again under “Advanced Sharing Center”.

My issue was that when I switched this setting from “On” (it’s default” to “Off” and saved it.
I still got a popup from the XP workstation, reboot did not help.
When I got back to take a look at the “Password Protect Sharing” setting I just changed, it was set back to “On” again! Whatever I did, it always came back to “On” again… I couldn’t let it stick to “Off”.

The cause and solution was fairly simple; the guest account on my Windows 7 machine was disabled… but also there was a password configured.

Solution:
1) Enable the Guest account.
2) Set it’s password to empty.
3) Disable the Guest account.

Fairly simple, or what?

Yes, you’ve read the title right… IE9 will not be supporting Windows XP!

Microsoft initially tryed to dodge giving a straight answer to the question of XP support but has since admitted that the new browser won’t be XP-compatible when it launches.

In an effort to make Windows XP disappear from the world through a migration to Windows 7, whether you like it or not, Microsoft has released a statement that IE9 will not support Windows XP. So if you want to use it, migrate to Windows 7 (ssstttt…. or you can just App-V IE9!).

“Windows XP users have a fast, safe, reliable and private browser in Internet Explorer 8. As the Web has continued to change in everything from security to the future HTML5 applications developers are starting to build today, browsers should require the modern graphics and security infrastructure that has come along since 2001.” and “Internet Explorer 9 requires the modern graphics and security underpinnings that have come since 2001, and is intended to be run on a modern operating system in order to build on the latest hardware and operating system innovations.”

In my opinion the first big step in the abandoning of Windows XP has been taken… Now let’s wait for the day it’s completely over for the Operating System…