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disable simple file sharing in home ed?
Name: dizerek Date: February 27, 2002 at 11:07:18 Pacific
Comment:
is it possible to disable simple file sharing in xp home?
Name: michael Date: February 27, 2002 at 17:49:04 Pacific
Reply:
Double click My Computer. Click Tools, Folder Options, View tab. At the bottom (in Advance settings:) is
Use simple file sharing.
If its there and you can uncheck it, then you can disable it.
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Response Number 2
Name: Stuart Siegel Date: April 21, 2002 at 08:16:45 Pacific
Reply:
>If its there and you can uncheck it, then >you can disable it.
It's not on my WinXP home edition install. And just why would it not be present by the way?
I have to say that coming from the Unix world, I'm very confused by how windows xp handles file and folder access. I'd give a million bucks right now for chmod u+rwx :-)
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