Sharing over a LAN

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Bill Martin

How does one grant file access over the LAN with XP-Home? Using Win98SE I
could right click on the "C" disk and it would allow me to assign a password,
and then I could read/write from other machines on my LAN. Nice for doing
backups and such.

With XP I haven't been able to do this same thing. By right clicking on
"C:" and selecting sharing it cautions me this is a bad thing, and then goes
ahead to allow me to do so. But it does NOT allow me to assign a password
anywhere that I can see. Every computer on the LAN can now access the files.

Even more confusing, it allows some folders to be accessed but not others.

Is there a way to grant password controlled read/write access to my entire
"C:" disk under XP-Home?

Thanks.

Bill
 
Bill Martin said:
With XP I haven't been able to do this same thing. By right clicking on
"C:" and selecting sharing it cautions me this is a bad thing, and then goes
ahead to allow me to do so. But it does NOT allow me to assign a password
anywhere that I can see. Every computer on the LAN can now access the files.
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This may help: "How to Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder
Permissions" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418) and "How to
Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308419).
 
Bill Martin said:
Surely with their newly heightened security sensitivity, Microsoft would not
have removed the ability to password protect files but these two articles
seem to indicate that they have. It's totally open kimono on the LAN or
nothing at all now? Surely this can't be true?
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See Bob's response as well.
You can always try to add these features with third-party software
like PGP.
 
You are shocked that MS wants to sell "upgrades"?
I too found this a bit troubling, but I came to the
conclusion that XP home is really designed for home use.
You should not have shared folders you don't want everyone
to be able to see, or you upgrade to a more suitable OS.
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Actually, I'm shocked to find that I bought a "down grade". XP-Home doesn't
even have the functionality of Win98. Oh well. As long as I haven't
overlooked a capability somewhere.

I am using the computers on a home LAN with about 5 machines, but that
doesn't mean I want everybody to see everything -- or more to the point to be
able to over write everything. Some folders should backup some machines
without being able to be screwed up by others just for general security of
backups. Yet they all need to be on the same work group in order to share
printers.

Thanks for the verification.

Bill
 
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