Sharing files over network

[Andrew Bullock]

Hi,

I've got two XP machines, A and B. Both are SP2, fully patched.


Machine A is my general use PC, and B is my download machine.
B is a headless system on my network which i remote desktop into from A
to set bearshare and bittorrent etc. downloading stuff.


When either of these have finished downloading a file, they move it to a
"downloads" folder which is publicly shared on my network, with "allow
users to change my files" checked.

When i look at the downloads folder on B, from A, I can see its
contents. When i try and access a newly downloaded file i get "access
denied". I have to remote desktop in, goto the download folder sharing
properties, uncheck "allow users to change my files", press apply, check
the option again and then re-apply.

Does anyone know of a workaround to make it do this automatically?


Thanks

Andrew

 

[Glen]

It should be done automatically. Are you sure the downloading app isn't
still using the file. I have a setup very similar to yours. A main computer
for gaming, word processing etc and another computer for internet. I
download on it and access the files from my main comp and the only time I
can't access files is if my torrent client is still in charge of the file.

Are both computers setup to use "simple file sharing"? Are you using a
router or Internet Connection Sharing? Run the network setup wizard again
making sure to run it on the main (master) computer first then the second.
What firewall are you using?

 

[Andrew Bullock]

It should be done automatically. Are you sure the downloading app isn't
still using the file.

Well, If I don't touch the torrent program and re-apply the sharing
settings it works. So I'd say not.

Are both computers setup to use "simple file sharing"?

What do you mean?

Are you using a router or Internet Connection Sharing?

Router, Linksys

What firewall are you using?

Latest Zonealarm Pro, setup to allow local traffic


Andrew