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I have a macbook running 10.6 and a desktop running win 7. I would like to smb from my macbook into my win 7 machine. The problem is that the only way I can smb into my windows machine is if I put a password on the win 7 user account.

I use that machine as a media server, file server, and web server. I often do work on it remotely. So I prefer that it does not have a password so if I restart it remotely it will boot back into windows and not just a login screen.

Anyway to smb into a windows machine without a password??

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sure, either enable guest access or just force it to assume the identity of a certain user.

google it and you'll find many examples.

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/96509133/m/742006210831

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How do I enable guest access? I do not see it anywhere in the sharing and permission options. What do you mean force it to assume the identity? – CT. Sep 11 '09 at 3:51
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If I recall, you specifically can't connect to a Windows 7 (or Server 2008) machine using an account with a blank password. As such, I think the answer is "no", but using the Guest account may work - I haven't got such a machine to try with at the moment.

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