file share on network

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Hi,

I have 2 PC's which are wirelessly networked. The main PC has all the data
on and I wish to share it all with my secondary PC; however the main PC has
5 users, 1 for me and my wife and one each for each of my 4 kids.

I wish to share my files with the second PC, but NOT with the other 4 users
of the main PC...is this possible?

OS - Win XP home on both PCs

Thanks,

Mark
 
Hi,

I have 2 PC's which are wirelessly networked. The main PC has all the data
on and I wish to share it all with my secondary PC; however the main PC has
5 users, 1 for me and my wife and one each for each of my 4 kids.

I wish to share my files with the second PC, but NOT with the other 4 users
of the main PC...is this possible?

OS - Win XP home on both PCs

Thanks,

Mark
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Mark,

With XP home and Simple File Sharing, the Guest account is used for
authentication across the network, regardless of what accounts are used locally.
You can only share to everybody or nobody.

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"obiborn_kenobe" said:
Hi,

I have 2 PC's which are wirelessly networked. The main PC has all the data
on and I wish to share it all with my secondary PC; however the main PC has
5 users, 1 for me and my wife and one each for each of my 4 kids.

I wish to share my files with the second PC, but NOT with the other 4 users
of the main PC...is this possible?

OS - Win XP home on both PCs

Thanks,

Mark
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I'm sorry, but Windows XP Home Edition wasn't designed for that type
of access control.

You can make a folder private, if it's stored in your My Documents
folder, so that other users on the same computer can't access it.

You can share a folder, so that users on other computers on the
network can access it.

But you can't do both at the same time. When you select one of those
options in the folder's Properties | Sharing tab, the other option is
grayed out.

You might be able to find a non-Microsoft utility that lets you define
a password for a folder.
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