Ok, let's try again - file sharing between Mac and windows

[Krister Ekstrom]

Hi folks.
I've been doing a lot of reading in the Mac help and i'm a little less  
confused, but i still want to know a couple things:
If i have nothing but the folder named "shared" as a shared folder, do  
i still have to type name and password to get in to see that folder?  
If so, is there a way to not have it so, if you see what i mean? Not  
that i want to have my computer wide open, i'm just trying to figure  
out what went on with the Mini that i borrowed, because i could get in  
to the computer without typing name and password and i didn't have any  
name and password stored on the pc side of things...  But, at that  
time, i couldn't share folders at all, so only the "shared" folder was  
accessible.
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/Krister