Difference in sharing and security tab

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When I right click a folder and go to sharing, a window pops up with security
and sharing tab. Can someone explain the difference these two? Just when I
think I know it, I end up to be infintely confused by them.
 
Chris said:
When I right click a folder and go to sharing, a window pops up with security
and sharing tab. Can someone explain the difference these two? Just when I
think I know it, I end up to be infintely confused by them.
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I assume that your computer has Windows XP Professional. Windows XP
Home Edition has a Sharing tab, but no Security tab, in the folder
properties.

The Sharing tab lets you specify whether a folder is shared. Sharing
a folder makes it visible to users on other computers over the
network, but it doesn't give those users permission to access the
contents of the shared folder.

The Security tab lets you specify which users have permission to
access the contents of the folder over the network and what type of
access they may have.

In Windows XP Home Edition:

1. All users may access a shared folder over the network.

2. The Sharing tab has a box, labeled "Allow network users to change
my files", that determines whether users who access the folder over
the network have read access or read/write access.
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Thanks a lot.


Steve Winograd said:
I assume that your computer has Windows XP Professional. Windows XP
Home Edition has a Sharing tab, but no Security tab, in the folder
properties.

The Sharing tab lets you specify whether a folder is shared. Sharing
a folder makes it visible to users on other computers over the
network, but it doesn't give those users permission to access the
contents of the shared folder.

The Security tab lets you specify which users have permission to
access the contents of the folder over the network and what type of
access they may have.

In Windows XP Home Edition:

1. All users may access a shared folder over the network.

2. The Sharing tab has a box, labeled "Allow network users to change
my files", that determines whether users who access the folder over
the network have read access or read/write access.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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