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Password for file sharing
Name: Souta (by souta95) Date: March 30, 2006 at 17:55:45 Pacific OS: XP home no SP CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 1.6Ghz/ 384Mb Product: HP
Comment:
I need to know how to set up a password for shared network directories. In 9x it is on the sharing tab, but I don't know where it is in XP, could someone pllease help me? Thanks.
Name: XpUser Date: March 30, 2006 at 18:26:51 Pacific
Reply:
Windows XP Home does not have it whereas Windows XP Pro do. Boot to Safe Mode for the tab.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: March 30, 2006 at 18:55:17 Pacific
Reply:
Clarify: When you boot to Safe Mode make sure you log on under an Administrator. Otherwise the tab will not appear. Also I believe the file system has to be NTFS.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: jefro Date: March 30, 2006 at 19:02:46 Pacific
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The way you protect it is leave share's open and protect the files using ntfs permissions. Disable simple file sharing and then you can allow authenticated users.
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: March 30, 2006 at 19:16:18 Pacific
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XP Home does not use passwords. You set up an account on the local machine equal to the account the the person is looged in under on the remote machine (same user name and password).
Sorry, I do not check for private messages
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Response Number 5
Name: Lupin3rd Date: March 30, 2006 at 23:21:45 Pacific
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Xp Home cannot have simple file sharing removed. If you want use a third party piece of software to password protect files (WinRAR does it however that is a compression agent). I'm sorry but i don't know any software beside winrar as i never need to protect files like that.
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Response Number 6
Name: Souta (by souta95) Date: April 1, 2006 at 18:27:31 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, I do have the ability to upgrade it to XP pro corperate, so I will do that. Again, thanks a lot.
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