How to grant a user of a computer an access to HDDs of another com

[Guest]

Hello!
Windows XP does not allow to change the 'location' (computer) in it's HDD
properties on the 'Security' tab, in the User access properties, therefore I
can not select users of my other computer. How to grant a user on one of my
computers a full access to HDDs on another my computers? My two computers
With Windows XP are connected through a Switch. I configured my network using
the Windows XP Network Wizard. Both my computers see printers of each other.
One of them sees the 'Shared folder' on the other.
Best regards,
Dima
+79163876746

 

[Malke]

Hello!
Windows XP does not allow to change the 'location' (computer) in it's
HDD properties on the 'Security' tab, in the User access properties,
therefore I can not select users of my other computer. How to grant a
user on one of my computers a full access to HDDs on another my
computers? My two computers With Windows XP are connected through a
Switch. I configured my network using the Windows XP Network Wizard.
Both my computers see printers of each other. One of them sees the
'Shared folder' on the other. Best regards,
Dima
+79163876746

In a peer-to-peer network (Workgroup), create identical user accounts
and passwords on both computers. Workgroup computers authenticate
sharing requests locally.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke for your answer!
Can I rename an account and change its password to make it identical to a
user account on my other computer?
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hello!
Windows XP does not allow to change the 'location' (computer) in it's HDD
properties on the 'Security' tab, in the User access properties, therefore I
can not select users of my other computer. How to grant a user on one of my
computers a full access to HDDs on another my computers? My two computers
With Windows XP are connected through a Switch. I configured my network using
the Windows XP Network Wizard. Both my computers see printers of each other.
One of them sees the 'Shared folder' on the other.
Best regards,
Dima
+79163876746

On each WinXP PC, create local user account(s), with non-blank
password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
shares. To rephrase, identical (as in username/password) accounts must
exist on each machine. Log on to the other PCs using those account(s),
and you will be able to access the designated shares, provided your
network is configured properly. Also, make sure that WinXP's built-in
firewall is disabled on the internal LAN connection.

Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm

PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm


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[Malke]

Thanks Malke for your answer!
Can I rename an account and change its password to make it identical
to a user account on my other computer?

No. Create a new user account with the correct password. You don't even
need to log into the new account; it just needs to be on the system.
There is no reason *not* to create the account.

Malke

 

[Guest]

I created new identical accounts on both my computers, but I still see only
the shared folder and printers through the net? How to get full access to
HDDs through the network? One of the computers is connected to internet
through an area LAN with a direct IP. How to prevent internet and LAN users
see my HDDs?
Best regards,
Dima
+79163876746

 

[Malke]

I created new identical accounts on both my computers, but I still see
only the shared folder and printers through the net? How to get full
access to HDDs through the network? One of the computers is connected
to internet through an area LAN with a direct IP. How to prevent
internet and LAN users see my HDDs?

Aren't you the person in Moscow with whom I had a very long thread last
week? Did you ever get a professional to come in? I would do this, if I
were you. You are obviously struggling with the concept of sharing and
setting up your network. I also suggested at that time that you might
want to post in one of the Russian groups because perhaps I'm just not
understanding what you really want.

You don't share hard drives - you share partitions/files/folders on hard
drives. If you have set up lan sharing correctly, then all computers on
the lan will have access to whatever shares you have created with
whatever permissions on those shares that you have created.

Your first post in this thread and question in this post seems to be
asking about lan sharing. In the last sentence, you then ask about
*preventing* lan sharing and (naturally) Internet access to internal
shares.

I have no idea what you really want, but the concepts are:

1. Set up lan, create shares, set permissions as desired.
2. Protect lan from outsiders with good security, strong passwords, and
firewall(s).

Do some reading at the following links and consider hiring a local
professional. Moscow is huge and there are many technically proficient
people there.

TechNet Security Checklists and Resource Guides -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/security/chklist/default.mspx

TechNet's 10 Immutable Laws of Security -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/10imlaws.mspx

http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
http://www.tomsnetworking.com
http://www.wown.info/
http://www.ezlan.net/index.html
http://www.howtonetworking.com/default.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/howto/

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke for your reply.
Yes, I'm the person in Moscow with whom you had a long thread last week. I
did not get a professional to come in.
My computer is connected to internet through a district LAN through my
switch. I see other computers in the LAN and their shared resources, and do
not want others in the LAN see my shared resources in my home network made of
the computer, connected to the LAN, and my another computer. My another
computer is connected to the same switch, therefore I could make my home
network. How to know that the others in the LAN do not see my resources?
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Guest]

Hello!
How to prevent the district LAN users have access to my 'shared documents'
folder? I lose the access to the 'shared documents' folder myself, if I
uncheck the 'open shared access to this folder' in my Windows XP home. I have
got full access to my Windows XP MCE HDDs from my Windows XP home.
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thanks Malke for your reply.
Yes, I'm the person in Moscow with whom you had a long thread last
week. I did not get a professional to come in.

My computer is connected to internet through a district LAN through
my switch. I see other computers in the LAN and their shared
resources, and do not want others in the LAN see my shared
resources in my home network made of the computer, connected to the
LAN, and my another computer. My another computer is connected to
the same switch, therefore I could make my home network. How to
know that the others in the LAN do not see my resources?

If you are not *openly* sharing anything (Simple File Sharing turned off,
unique usernames/passwords ONLY on your machines, etc..) --> then the only
people who can access anything you are sharing are those with the correct
logon credentials.

If you have simple file sharing on, have a user/password combination that
everyone else has, etc.... Then everyone can see your shared resources.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Shenan Stanley for your reply!
How to prevent access to the "Shared documents" folder in Windows XP Home
from the district LAN? I lose access to the 'shared documents' folder myself,
if I
uncheck the 'open shared access to this folder' in the folder properties.
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Guest]

Hello!
Should I have access to the other compuder resources even if I log into my
old everyday account, provided that I created the identical account?
Best regards,
Dima