"Terry" said:
I have shares on the XPhome at the root of C: which I can browse from XPpro.
I can get into the All Users folder but not into others and getting access
denied messages. Using same userID and password on both, workgroup name is
identical.
What do I need to do to configure these machines please?
Regards
I'm sorry, but that's how Windows XP works when it's installed on an
NTFS disk partition using "simple file sharing". It blocks networked
access to the Program Files and Windows folders and to individual
users' folders within Documents and Settings.
You can share subfolders within those folders, e.g. you can share
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express" or "C:\Documents and
Settings\Username\Desktop" and access that folder from another
computer on the network.
On Windows XP Professional, you can permanently disable simple file
sharing to allow networked access to all of that computer's folders:
1. Open My Computer and click Tools | Folder Options | View.
2. Scroll to the end of the advanced settings.
3. Un-check "Use simple file sharing (recommended)".
On Windows XP Home Edition, there's no easy solution. The safest
thing is to share individual subfolders, as mentioned above.
You can re-install Windows XP Home Edition on a FAT or FAT32 disk
partition -- those disk formats don't have any sharing restrictions.
However, that would lose the benefits of NTFS, which is more reliable
and efficient and can use larger disks. You'd also need to re-install
all of your applications.
I've heard of two possible solutions for XP Home Edition on an NTFS
disk partition, but:
1. They're un-supported, un-documented, and un-tested by Microsoft.
2. There's no guarantee that they'll work.
3. They might cause data loss or corruption.
I haven't tried them, and I don't know whether they're safe. If you
want to try them, at your own risk:
1. Back up your important data first so that you can restore it in
case of problems.
2. Run System Restore to create a restore point that you can go back
to in case of problems.
Here they are:
1. Start Windows XP in "Safe Mode with Networking" (which temporarily
disables "Simple File Sharing"), share the desired folder(s), set the
permissions, and reboot normally, or:
2. Follow the procedure shown here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm
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