password protect shared folders

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Garrett

With XP Professional: how do you password protect shared
folders? I've disabled the Simplified Sharing system and
still find no mechanism to do this. Windows 98 had a
dialog box that allowed different passwords for shared
folders depending on full or read-only access.

This applies to Workgroup networking only.

THANKS
 
"Garrett" said:
With XP Professional: how do you password protect shared
folders? I've disabled the Simplified Sharing system and
still find no mechanism to do this. Windows 98 had a
dialog box that allowed different passwords for shared
folders depending on full or read-only access.

This applies to Workgroup networking only.

THANKS
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I'm sorry, but Windows XP doesn't have passwords for shared disks and
folders the way that Windows 95, 98, and Me do.

Here are some ways to control access to your shared files:

1. Create a hidden share and only tell selected people about it. I've
written a web page with details:

Windows XP Simple File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

2. Assign a password to the "Guest" account. When other people try
to access your computer, they'll be prompted to enter the password:

a. Click Start | Run.
b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
c. Under "Users for this computer", click Guest.
d. Click Reset Password, enter a password, and click OK.

3. Create a compressed folder and define a password for it. Everyone
who accesses the folder, from the local computer or from the network,
must specify the password to access the files in the compressed
folder. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article has details:

HOW TO: Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306531

4. Since you have Windows XP Professional and have disabled Simple
File Sharing, you can define access control lists that specify user
names and their allowed mode of access. Ron Lowe and I have written a
web page with details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
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