Turning of 'Simple Sharing' not effective

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Joe Lang

I am setting up wireless laptops w/WinXP pro and have
connected to the network, set up NT users in the XP
groups, and done most of it except to set up rights on a
folder for the students who will be using the systems.

I have turned off simple sharing, but the security tabs
are still missing. I have checked all other permissions
and rights I can think of, but nothing seems to work. I
have applied the changes, rebooted, re-done it as the
system and as the domain administrator, no joy.

I'm at the end of my rope and it was a short rope to begin
with. Any suggestions would be vastly appreciated.
 
You must be running NTFS as your file system, and be running XP Pro.

XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck
Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or
file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security
tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user
group membership.

XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents
"private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting
Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need
to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator
account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you
can assign permissions based on user name or group membership.

How Do I Get the Security Tab in Properties - XP Home (makes the Security
tab appear outside of Safe Mode)
http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips section

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419

HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874
 
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