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John Wills
If you are having issues with this subject, you might want to look at this
tutorial I put together:
http://willsit.com/XP_Vista.aspx
tutorial I put together:
http://willsit.com/XP_Vista.aspx
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pg53
Nice tutorial, but left me a bit puzzled about actually using this for real.
For instance, say I've downloaded eg a codec to a subfolder within the
'downloads' folder in my personal folders. Now I want to install that codec
on another machine. If I share that folder, I get about 10 mins disk activity
followed by the entire 'users' folder tree being shared, including the
default user.
If I then unshare the folder with the codec in, the 'users' folder is still
shared. If I right click it and select sharing, I get a 'Properties' dialog
rather than the normal 'sharing' one, and I have to go through 'Advanced' to
get to an unshare option.
etc etc
What gives?
For instance, say I've downloaded eg a codec to a subfolder within the
'downloads' folder in my personal folders. Now I want to install that codec
on another machine. If I share that folder, I get about 10 mins disk activity
followed by the entire 'users' folder tree being shared, including the
default user.
If I then unshare the folder with the codec in, the 'users' folder is still
shared. If I right click it and select sharing, I get a 'Properties' dialog
rather than the normal 'sharing' one, and I have to go through 'Advanced' to
get to an unshare option.
etc etc
What gives?
J
John Wills
You can share sub-folders without the parent being shared so they is
puzzling.
puzzling.
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pg53
More experimentation reveals that if I just ignore the 'Sharing' window and
work through the advanced sharing from the 'Properties' window, it all works
as it should. However, going this way means that I have to configure both
Share permissions and File Permissions, whereas using the Vista 'sharing'
window (on a folder outside the 'users' tree) silently adds 'Everyone' to the
File Permissions automatically. In other words, makes it work more like XP.
work through the advanced sharing from the 'Properties' window, it all works
as it should. However, going this way means that I have to configure both
Share permissions and File Permissions, whereas using the Vista 'sharing'
window (on a folder outside the 'users' tree) silently adds 'Everyone' to the
File Permissions automatically. In other words, makes it work more like XP.