Network file access

[Leslie Wise]

Does anyone know how to be able to access the program file and windows
directories on a network drive? Windows says the files are in use and won't
let me into the directory. I know I can't into those that are actually in
use, but not all files in the directory are in use.
Thank you for your help
Leslie

 

[Chuck]

Does anyone know how to be able to access the program file and windows
directories on a network drive? Windows says the files are in use and won't
let me into the directory. I know I can't into those that are actually in
use, but not all files in the directory are in use.
Thank you for your help
Leslie

Leslie,

Is this "C:\Windows" and "C:\Program Files" on an XP Home or Pro system?

Those folders can't be shared under Simple File Sharing. SFS uses the Guest
account - which does not have administrative access. You can't share either
with XP Home, or in XP Pro with SFS enabled.

And Leslie, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Leslie Wise]

Thank you for the heads-up. I have questions
1) How do I disable sfs so the networking is more useful?
2) I read the munging article and I tried to change my email address in
Outlook Express accounts and I couldn't send email because my server
(Roadrunner) rejected it. Is there a secret I am missing?
Thanks for your help
Leslie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: Network file access

 

[Chuck]

Thank you for the heads-up. I have questions
1) How do I disable sfs so the networking is more useful?
2) I read the munging article and I tried to change my email address in
Outlook Express accounts and I couldn't send email because my server
(Roadrunner) rejected it. Is there a secret I am missing?
Thanks for your help
Leslie

Leslie,

If you're running XP Pro, from Control Panel - Folder Options - View, the last
setting under Advanced settings is "Use simple file sharing".

With XP Pro, if SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel
- Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

With XP Pro, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure
that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers. If
"Classic", setup and use a common non-Guest account, with identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.

Be sure to disable SFS, and use the "Classic" Security model, on ALL XP Pro
computers. The "Guest only" security model will cause you to not be able to
access other computers.

As for setting your email address, my Outlook Express allowed me to setup a Mail
profile, with my actual address, and a news profile, with my fake address (none
AT example DOT net). Some folk have had to setup two separate identities, one
for email, the other for newsgroups. YMMV.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Leslie Wise]

Thank you. That will take care of our one computer with Pro. We have two
with Home. How do we disable sfs on them?
I will experiment and set up the two identities if necessary."I love Bill
Gates!" (Spoken with great disparagement)

Thank you again! Man *will* triumph over computer!"

 

[Chuck]

Thank you. That will take care of our one computer with Pro. We have two
with Home. How do we disable sfs on them?
I will experiment and set up the two identities if necessary."I love Bill
Gates!" (Spoken with great disparagement)

Thank you again! Man *will* triumph over computer!"

Leslie,

Sorry to bear bad news. XP Home is stuck with Simple File Sharing. There is no
remote admin access, and no remote access to those folders. :-(

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.