Log into Windows XP as an Administrator
Click Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts, then click on Guest Account and make sure it is turned on
Now Click Start -> Run, type cmd in the entry box, and click Ok
At the command prompt, type Net user guest password and press Enter - Gives Guest Acct password option.
Again, Click
Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts,
then click on Guest Account
Notice that you can now set a password on the Guest
Account. Set a Password and restart your Computer
Also to Hide the Shared Drive from the network:
Hiding a resource you want to share is easy. You simply append a dollar sign ($) to the resource’s share name. When you do, the shared resource won’t appear on the network. Furthermore, any access restrictions or passwords assigned to that shared resource remain in effect.
So now to access the
share you type in: \\ipaddress\sharename$