what do you do if you can't see the "sharing and security" selection?

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Reuben L.

when right-clicking a folder/drive/whatever, I do NOT get the 'sharing and
security' option. what do I do?

I have XP Pro, 'simple file sharing' is disabled, my 'guest' account is on,
my windows login (w/administrator rights) is password-enabled... I'm
stuck.
I've ran the 'network setup wizard' half a dozen times, and it never prompts
me for any of the sharing options that apparently it's supposed to.

what's wrong?

thanks

~Reuben


ReubenL1 -AT- hotmail.com
 
when right-clicking a folder/drive/whatever, I do NOT get the 'sharing and
security' option. what do I do?

I have XP Pro, 'simple file sharing' is disabled, my 'guest' account is on,
my windows login (w/administrator rights) is password-enabled... I'm
stuck.
I've ran the 'network setup wizard' half a dozen times, and it never prompts
me for any of the sharing options that apparently it's supposed to.

what's wrong?

thanks

~Reuben


ReubenL1 -AT- hotmail.com
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Reuben,

Is your partition setup as FAT or NTFS?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
it's Fat (fat32)... but, I figured out the problem... it's me! I
disabled 'server' in the 'services' list! ah, well.

now I can see both machines in the other's 'view workgroup computers'
view... but getting the eternal, ubiquitous, and unrelenting "\\ *** is
not accessible. You might not have permission (etc. etc.)
Logon failure: the user has not been granted (etc. etc.)

still stuck....

~R.
 
it's Fat (fat32)... but, I figured out the problem... it's me! I
disabled 'server' in the 'services' list! ah, well.

now I can see both machines in the other's 'view workgroup computers'
view... but getting the eternal, ubiquitous, and unrelenting "\\ *** is
not accessible. You might not have permission (etc. etc.)
Logon failure: the user has not been granted (etc. etc.)
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Reuben,

If you have multiple XP Pro computers, you have to get SFS and other sharing
settings the same on all computers for this to work.

If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank password, on BOTH computers.
If "Classic", setup and use a common (non-Guest) account with identical password
on both computers.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Chuck, you are the MAN.

that did the trick. had one o'my XP boxes set on 'Guest Only'. thanks a
billion...
why is this little golden tidbit not mentioned in all the 'how-to' articles
I read?
hmmm... a conspiracy, perhaps....

regardless, I appreciate it...!

~Reuben
 
Chuck, you are the MAN.

that did the trick. had one o'my XP boxes set on 'Guest Only'. thanks a
billion...
why is this little golden tidbit not mentioned in all the 'how-to' articles
I read?
hmmm... a conspiracy, perhaps....

regardless, I appreciate it...!

~Reuben
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Excellent, Reuben. Glad to help. Thanks for the update.
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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