Sharing a Drive

Two computers on the same network need access to each other's drives. One computer is XP Home, the other is XP Pro. Pro can see Home's drives, but when Home tries to see Pro's drives, it is presented with the user name/password box. The objective is to provide access to Home without Home having to enter Pro's login credentials.

I know that setting up an identical user account on Home will allow it to see Pro's drives without the credentials, but that is not what I want to do. Yes, I want to leave the drive on Pro wide open, for reasons not discussed here. In that past, I have accomplished this objective many times, including on my own home network. Somehow, though, I am missing something here.

Drive C on Pro is shared as "C". Simple File Sharing is disabled. The security on C has been changed to Everyone with Full Control. The changes have been propagated to the child folders. However, the login box still appears. Both Windows firewalls are disabled, for now.

Other than creating a user account on Home, how can I give unrestricted access to Pro to other computers on the LAN?
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