I have Windows XP Home Edition installed on 6 machines and recently had the
need to password protect shared folders. I know it is impossible to do this
with Home Edition and possible with Pro. Also like the Remote Access,
(terminal services), aspect of Pro.

I'm wondering if I should upgrade all of my computers to Pro, just those
that contain folders/drives I want to password protect/run terminal services
on, or keep Home Edition and go with third-party software.

Also, would love to hear thoughts on the best upgrade method from Home to
Pro Editions, (i.e. should I buy individual software for each computer or
maybe there is a better method). Thanks, Ray

Hi Ray,

XP Pro uses a set of permissions to control access to shared folders, not
passwords. This works best in a domain environment where user groups are
defined. In a workgroup (home network), either the folder is shared to all,
or it is private.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9F1BE9BD-BBAA-48CD-ABA8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have Windows XP Home Edition installed on 6 machines and recently had the
> need to password protect shared folders. I know it is impossible to do
> this
> with Home Edition and possible with Pro. Also like the Remote Access,
> (terminal services), aspect of Pro.
>
> I'm wondering if I should upgrade all of my computers to Pro, just those
> that contain folders/drives I want to password protect/run terminal
> services
> on, or keep Home Edition and go with third-party software.
>
> Also, would love to hear thoughts on the best upgrade method from Home to
> Pro Editions, (i.e. should I buy individual software for each computer or
> maybe there is a better method). Thanks, Ray

File sharing etc. explained

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../troubleshoot/
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0204.mspx

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Jonah
"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9F1BE9BD-BBAA-48CD-ABA8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have Windows XP Home Edition installed on 6 machines and recently had the
> need to password protect shared folders. I know it is impossible to do
> this
> with Home Edition and possible with Pro. Also like the Remote Access,
> (terminal services), aspect of Pro.
>
> I'm wondering if I should upgrade all of my computers to Pro, just those
> that contain folders/drives I want to password protect/run terminal
> services
> on, or keep Home Edition and go with third-party software.
>
> Also, would love to hear thoughts on the best upgrade method from Home to
> Pro Editions, (i.e. should I buy individual software for each computer or
> maybe there is a better method). Thanks, Ray