Can WinXP sharing folder liked Win98 put password?

[Guest]

dear sir/madam
can any 1 know that any tools / program can download for WinXP to make network sharing folder to put password liked Win98?

 

[Bob Willard]

dear sir/madam:
can any 1 know that any tools / program can download for WinXP to make network sharing folder to put password liked Win98?

No. But one simple workaround is to create a share with a share name
like SECRET$, and only tell the SECRET to your friends. Note that
the trailing $ prevents the share name from being broadcast.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

dear sir/madam:
can any 1 know that any tools / program can download for WinXP to make network sharing folder to put password liked Win98?

I'm sorry, but Windows XP doesn't have passwords for shared disks and
folders the way that Windows 95, 98, and Me do.

Here are some ways to control access to your shared files:

1. Create a hidden share and only tell selected people about it. I've
written a web page with details:

Windows XP Simple File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

2. Assign a password to the "Guest" account. When other people try
to access your computer, they'll be prompted to enter the password:

a. Click Start | Run.
b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
c. Under "Users for this computer", click Guest.
d. Click Reset Password, enter a password, and click OK.

3. Create a compressed folder and define a password for it. Everyone
who accesses the folder, from the local computer or from the network,
must specify the password to access the files in the compressed
folder. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article has details:

HOW TO: Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306531

4. If you have Windows XP Professional, you can disable Simple File
Sharing and define access control lists that specify user names and
their allowed mode of access. Ron Lowe and I have written a web page
with details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
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[Guest]

I'm sorry, but Windows XP doesn't have passwords for shared disks and
folders the way that Windows 95, 98, and Me do.

Here are some ways to control access to your shared files:

First of all, I think it's great that you've created this document to help everyone with this same problem, and simply inexcusable that Microsoft has actually removed functionality with XP.

At any rate, none of your solutions seem to handle my situation very well, unless I'm missing something. As it stands, we've got a lab full of nice machines and one stupid 266MHz Windows 98 "server" there for the sole purpose of sharing a folder.

There's a lot of traffic through the lab, so setting up accounts for individual users is not practical.

In the past, a presenter would throw whatever they want into a folder on the server. All the lab machines have links on the desktop that point straight to the server. A one-off password is created by the user at the time of the presentation (if he cares), and the password is given out to everyone in the room.

The folder is read-only for networked users, and obviously writeable for the presenter sitting at the server.

None of your solutions seem to handle this situation gracefully, since the beauty of the current system is that the presenter doesn't need to know any special passwords, but he can set one up for the day (for users) while he's there, in case the lab is being shared that day.

Any ideas for a plan that would deal with this situation?

It's a real shame that something so simple seems almost impossible to accomplish.

I've tried a couple third-party solutions that allow you to slap passwords on folders, but they're all pretty rickety, and none of them allow for the freedom of the presenter to know no password. Additionally, (and this is also the problem with the compressed zip solution), anyone who knows the password can modify the files, so it's not at all safe from ignorant/mischievious users.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping it's not going to require a continued need for the Win98 machine, but if that's what it takes, we can live with that.

 

[Ron Lowe]

First of all, I think it's great that you've created this document to help

everyone with this same problem, and simply inexcusable that Microsoft has
actually removed functionality with XP.

At any rate, none of your solutions seem to handle my situation very well,

unless I'm missing something. As it stands, we've got a lab full of nice
machines and one stupid 266MHz Windows 98 "server" there for the sole
purpose of sharing a folder.

There's a lot of traffic through the lab, so setting up accounts for

individual users is not practical.

In the past, a presenter would throw whatever they want into a folder on

the server. All the lab machines have links on the desktop that point
straight to the server. A one-off password is created by the user at the
time of the presentation (if he cares), and the password is given out to
everyone in the room.

The folder is read-only for networked users, and obviously writeable for

the presenter sitting at the server.

None of your solutions seem to handle this situation gracefully, since the

beauty of the current system is that the presenter doesn't need to know any
special passwords, but he can set one up for the day (for users) while he's
there, in case the lab is being shared that day.

Any ideas for a plan that would deal with this situation?

It's a real shame that something so simple seems almost impossible to accomplish.

I've tried a couple third-party solutions that allow you to slap passwords

on folders, but they're all pretty rickety, and none of them allow for the
freedom of the presenter to know no password. Additionally, (and this is
also the problem with the compressed zip solution), anyone who knows the
password can modify the files, so it's not at all safe from
ignorant/mischievious users.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping it's not going

to require a continued need for the Win98 machine, but if that's what it
takes, we can live with that.


How about just having all the lab machines log on as
the same username ( LabUser, for example. )
You could use auto-logon, if you like, so they boot right to the desktop.

( This would require you to create a user account
on each machine and the server machine called 'LabUser'. )

Then, the directory is shared with share permissions for 'LabUser'.

If you wanted to prevent the students grabbing the stuff untill the
appropriate time, then you'd need to remove their share permissions untill
the right time, then go and change the share permissions. ).