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Folder Sharing Restrictions, Any way to set them?

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In win2k, I used to be able to share specific folders on my hd, but only to specific acounts that i designated. For Example, i used to share my whole d drive to an acount that i used with my laptop, and i would share a general folder to the public, therefore, the public couldnt see my whole hard drive. however, in toying with winxp file sharing, it seems you either share it or you dont. Is there any way to share a folder to a specific username/password like in win2k??

 

Thanks,

Seth

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open Control Panel. Open Folder Options.

 

I don't have the OS in front of me, but I believe it's the last item in the list. It has something to do with Simple File Sharing.

 

UNCHECK the box. This will allow you to change file/folder permissions like normal.

 

One bad thing I've noticed is that when assigning permissions you don't get to browse the list of users/groups. You have to type the names in. I don't know if this is different on a domain, but I don't have one and that's what mine does.

 

Hope this helps.

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Shakedown - You can get a list of users with 2 more button clicks.

Ummmm, I forget (I'm in Win2K at the moment :-( ) but it's something like Locate and Find???

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