How to Login to a Shared Network Drive

1). Right-click on the Windows "Start" button and then click "Open Windows Explorer" on the pop-up list.
2). Scroll to and click the "Network" link in the left side of the window. Wait for Windows to load the local network information and create a list of computers on the home network.
3). Click on the icon for the network computer that has the shared folder you want to access.
4). Browse to the shared folder and click its name to open it. Enter a user name and password if prompted to do so and press the "Enter" key. In most cases, you are not required to enter a user name and password to login to a shared folder. However, a user can choose to limit access to certain shared folders, thus creating the need to enter a user name and password.