The more I think about this the more I begin to think it's an XP
problem. I now realize
that when I share a directory on one of my XP machines there is no
place to give a password.
So, what it amounts to is the way I have my network set up, if I want
to share a directory
it is without password protection. Since the Netgear router is a
firewall, I guess that's
OK.

Ed