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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1146593" data-attributes="member: 141969">For several years I refused to define a password for my HTPC (used with WMC at that time), with the result that I could never get my laptop to connect to the HTPC via the home network. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" />&nbsp; To transfer files between the HTPC and the laptop I had to use a memory stick. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" />&nbsp; I finally got fed up with that and defined a password for the HTPC.&nbsp; Result: the laptop immediately connected to the HTPC!Having to use a keyboard to enter a password is annoying for an HTPC, so I later changed my passwords on the HTPC and the laptop to a single digit &quot;0&quot;, which can be entered via the remote control (so no keyboard required).&nbsp; (Aside: I use a BIOS power-on password on my laptop, so I don't think that it is any less secure.)This is set in the power plan.&nbsp; Are you saying that it is accepted but ignored?-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1146593, member: 141969"] For several years I refused to define a password for my HTPC (used with WMC at that time), with the result that I could never get my laptop to connect to the HTPC via the home network. :mad: To transfer files between the HTPC and the laptop I had to use a memory stick. :mad::mad: I finally got fed up with that and defined a password for the HTPC. Result: the laptop immediately connected to the HTPC! Having to use a keyboard to enter a password is annoying for an HTPC, so I later changed my passwords on the HTPC and the laptop to a single digit "0", [i]which can be entered via the remote control[/i] (so no keyboard required). (Aside: I use a BIOS power-on password on my laptop, so I don't think that it is any less secure.) This is set in the power plan. Are you saying that it is accepted but ignored? -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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