XP Home Permissions

[Candace Sparks]

We have a home network.. 3 computers are running XP Home. We tried to set
permissions so users can access other computers. It appears that the user
everyone has to have permissions under the security tab in order for the
access to work. Is there a way to secure the computers without having the
Everyone user involved?

Thank you for your help in advance!

Candace Sparks

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Candace,

Secure them how? A shared folder is a shared folder for everyone. For more
explicit permissions, such as only certain users being able to access a
shared folder, you need to be in a domain environment (which is not
supported in WinXP Home). In a workgroup environment, each system controls
its shares. Users accessing shared folders on other machines authenticate as
guest and everyone permissions for the shares are used to determine access
levels. If you do not want them changing and deleting shared files, set the
permissions for read only.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org