Folder Sharing in Workgroup - specific users on remote PC

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Lee Robinson

We have a workgroup, that is we have several PCs running Windows XP Pro
networked as a workgroup with no server. I would like to share a folder on
PC-1 so that only a particular user on PC-2 can read and write to it. I
have been working my way through the support articles and help. I turned
off Simple File Sharing and managed to get to the "Select Users or Groups"
dialog box but it will not let me add users from another computer. I have
experience doing this with members of a domain but this is the first time I
have tried this in a simple workgroup.

I then went into the Administrative tools and the Local Security Policy and
looked at the properties for "Access This Computer From the Network" There
I was able to see the other computers on the network and add PC-2 to my list
but then it keeps saying "Failed to Save Local Policy Database"

Am I going in the right direction?
 
Set up your PC-2 user with an account on PC-1 with the
same password. Share your folder. Under Security |
Permissions, add the user with R/W permissions. Add
anyone else who needs access to the folder. Remove
Everyone. On PC-2, your user then maps a drive to the
shared folder with full R/W access.
 
Could there be any reason why this solution isn't working for me
Same setting, i.e. XP PRO, 2 computers etc

Thanx...
 
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