Recently when working with a software package for a track and field reviewing* and scoring we needed to allow sharing between two computers in a Workgroup. We were setting up a new set of laptops and this timing and reviewing hardware for a new track and field season.
We didn’t want any usernames and passwords. We just wanted the security opened up completely. No security, sometimes you just don’t need or want it. It’s a network that gets build for a track meet and then taken down when the meet is done.
The magic switch:
Here’s what we did: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/185429-password-protected-sharing-turn-off-windows-7-a.html
*This software and hardware package is pretty awesome. I had no idea anything like this existed!