Simple file sharing?

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da tube

Hi,

I've installed Windows XP Professional and unchecked the option "Use simple
file sharing (Recommended)" for the Administrator account.
For "normal" users I would like to enable this option without losing this
ability for the Administrator account.
I can't figure out how to set "normal" users to the option "Use simple file
sharing (Recommended)" checked and have it disabled for Administrator
account. When I change it for the Administrator account, this setting is
applied to all others users, for which I do *not* want to disable this
simple file sharing (although it is being checked from the "Folder Options"
window at "normal" user) .

Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround for this problem? This occurs on
every WinXP Pro machine I've been working on.. And I do not like it :(

Thanx for any useful tip!
 
AFAIK this is a system-level setting and not a per-user one.
In itself that should not present a problem, since ordinary users are not
capable of sharing something (ie. defining a share on a folder), even though
the interface might lead you to believe otherwise. Somewhere down the line
in the process they will get stopped.
As a design-solution that may not win any beauty award, but it works.
 
| "da tube" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | Hi, I've installed Windows XP Professional and unchecked the option
| "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)" for the Administrator
| account. For "normal" users I would like to enable this option without
| losing this ability for the Administrator account. <SNIP>

As (e-mail address removed) wrote: "this is a system-level
setting and not a per-user one"

In other words, the simple file sharing registry value (forceguest) is a
Machine-wide setting that (like other Machine settings) effects all users
who log onto the computer. The forceguest value is stored in the
following registry subkey...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

1 = Simple File Sharing Enabled
0 = Simple File Sharing Disabled

.... and saved in the file named:

%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\config\system

Per-user settings (customized user settings) such as desktop settings,
and application settings are stored in the following registry subkeys...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

.... and saved in the hidden file named ntuser.dat that is stored in each
users Documents and Settings folder. To quickly find the file click Start,
click Run, type the following command and click OK:
%USERPROFILE%

Then F3, type in the following for "All or part of the file name:", and
click the Search button: NTUSER.DAT

For some information on the Structure of the Registry see:

Windows Registry Tutorial
The Structure of the Registry - WinGuides Article
http://www.winguides.com/article.php?id=1&guide=registry
 
Simple file sharing is, in a word, simple. When you run WinXP Pro, and
you turn that option off, you are left with a slightly advanced version
of good old NTFS Security. To obtain the same effect as simple file
sharing, you will have to learn how to set up the permissions for each
resource. For instance, all users (except the Guest account) should
have access to the Shared Documents folder. But you would only want
Administrators and the SYSTEM account to have access to the Windows
folder. And so forth.
 
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