Windows XP Home Edition, problem in sharing folders

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I have 4 computers in workgroup, all with OS, MS Windows XP Home Edition.
I have shared one folder on each computer so they all have permissions to
access.
Now I want to create new folder on Computer 1 and new folder on Computer 2.
I want to make these folders accessable only betwean these two computers.

How can I do this?
Please help me!

Thanks
 
You cannot do this with XP Home. If you used static addresses, you could
use the firewall to make All shared folders on computers 1 and 2 accesible
only by eachother. With XP Pro you can control access to shared folders
based upon user account.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 
I have 4 computers in workgroup, all with OS, MS Windows XP Home Edition.
I have shared one folder on each computer so they all have permissions to
access.
Now I want to create new folder on Computer 1 and new folder on Computer 2.
I want to make these folders accessable only betwean these two computers.

How can I do this?
Please help me!

Thanks
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First of all, your hard drive must be formatted NTFS for the Security tab to show up.
Also, the Security tab is not available in XP Home in the normal mode.

Since you're running XP Home, Simple File Sharing is enforced by default and cannot be disabled.
You must start Windows XP in the "Safe Mode with Networking" mode (which temporarily disables
"Simple File Sharing"), log in with the Administrator account (in order to see the Security
tab), share the desired folder(s), set the permissions, then reboot normally.

Be warned: Adjusting the permissions on a drive, file or folder can lock even the Administrator
account out of that drive/file/folder. Deny Permissions take precedence over Allow Permissions,
regardless of your group membership. Administrators are members of the User's group, by
default. Uncheck Allow, rather than using Deny.
 
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