Sharing

[Robert]

Have a small LAN--4 computers all running XP SR2, all set to sharing all
drives. On one of them I cannot get sharing on the Windows folder or Program
Files folder. I always get the message that these 2 folders are being used
by the operating system. I can share these folders between the other 3
computers but not this one. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Gordon]

Have a small LAN--4 computers all running XP SR2, all set to sharing all
drives. On one of them I cannot get sharing on the Windows folder or
Program Files folder. I always get the message that these 2 folders are
being used by the operating system. I can share these folders between the
other 3 computers but not this one. What am I doing wrong?

Why would you *WANT* to share the Windows and Program Files folders?

 

[Robert]

That's irrelevant.

Why would you *WANT* to share the Windows and Program Files folders?

 

[Shah]

Why dont you try sharing the entire disk by sharing your C drive or by using
the default share of C$

i know it dosent answer your Query.

Also your Windows and Prog files folder and blocked by OS from sharing it by
default so how did you shared it on your other three computers unless you
made the share from other computer through your network ?

 

[Gordon]

Robert wrote:
|| That's irrelevant.
||

No it's not irrelevant at all. there is *absolutely* *no* point in sharing
the Windowes or PrograsmFiles folders at ALL!

 

[Robert]

I want to share, why is irrelevant.

 

[Road_Runner]

Robert view this website and see as to whether it will help

http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

.....

 

[Chuck]

Have a small LAN--4 computers all running XP SR2, all set to sharing all
drives. On one of them I cannot get sharing on the Windows folder or Program
Files folder. I always get the message that these 2 folders are being used
by the operating system. I can share these folders between the other 3
computers but not this one. What am I doing wrong?

Robert,

If you have either Windows XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, or XP Home
(with SFS no choice), you can't share My Documents (or variants), "C:\Program
Files", or "C:\Windows". Simple File Sharing provides Guest only network
access, and Guest doesn't have administrative access, which is what you need to
access those shares across the network.

What version of XP - Home or Pro - do you have on all 4 computers?

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[Robert]

Windows XP Pro

Robert,

If you have either Windows XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, or XP
Home
(with SFS no choice), you can't share My Documents (or variants),
"C:\Program
Files", or "C:\Windows". Simple File Sharing provides Guest only network
access, and Guest doesn't have administrative access, which is what you
need to
access those shares across the network.

What version of XP - Home or Pro - do you have on all 4 computers?

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Cheers,
Chuck
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[Gordon]

Robert wrote:
|| I want to share, why is irrelevant.
||

It is, because you cant *DO* anything by sharing those folders other than
look at the contents (which you can do using RDC - a much better method).
You *can't* run a program installed on one machine from another, you can't
repair Windows on one machine using the Windows folder on another, so I
would be *very* interested in why you want to share these *system* folders
at all.

 

[Chuck]

Windows XP Pro

Is Simple File Sharing enabled or disabled?

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Chuck
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actual address pchuck sonic net.

 

[Robert]

Enabled
rtm

Is Simple File Sharing enabled or disabled?

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[Walter Clayton]

Are you running with simple file sharing enabled on machines on your LAN?

 

[Robert]

Simple file sharing on all.
rtm

Are you running with simple file sharing enabled on machines on your LAN?

 

[Walter Clayton]

Fire the machine with issues up in safe mode. Fire up explorer and right
click each directory you wish to share and go to the security tab. Set the
access rights you want for the Guests user group. Be aware this is drilling
a major security hole in your systems, but that's entirely your call. In
simple file sharing mode users authenticate using the Guest account.

Personally, I recommend you stay with just the Shared Document hierarchy
under the circumstances. If for some reason you have to do a repair
reinstall the shares will get reset, especially on "Program Files" and
Windows directories.

 

[David Wilcox]

ANyone know how to share Program Files on an XP home system - I want to
access it on another machine for making backups and also because some things
by default are in the program file directories (Money files for instance)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

ANyone know how to share Program Files on an XP home system - I want to
access it on another machine for making backups and also because some things
by default are in the program file directories (Money files for instance)

Protected operating systems folders, such as Program Files, cannot be
shared over a LAN, by design. A better practice would be to configure
applications to store their data elsewhere, to better facilitate back-ups.


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[David Wilcox]

Burce,

If I read the documentation correctly you can override the default on XP
Professional but you can't even make any changes to even permit this on Home
edition (despite several article on the MS site which claim to be about both
Home and Pro editions). Whilst I don't disagree with the principle I do
disagree with MS making up my mind about what I can do and not allowing me
to have my choices.

David

 

[Guest]

Robert wrote:
|| I want to share, why is irrelevant.
||

It is, because you cant *DO* anything by sharing those folders other than
look at the contents (which you can do using RDC - a much better method).
You *can't* run a program installed on one machine from another, you can't
repair Windows on one machine using the Windows folder on another, so I
would be *very* interested in why you want to share these *system* folders
at all.

Well, for one thing some programs chose to save bits of customization or
preferences along with their source code. That then makes it difficult
the back them up or mirror them to other systems. Admittedly these are
what one might call outdated and/or ill behaved, but...

Bill