XP HOME and Passwords?

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Is is possible, with XP HOME to share MY home folder ( c:\documents and
settings\daniel\documents) with other computers on the network, BUT require
my password and credentials to connect to it?

At the moment, I have several computers connecting regularly to the shared
documents folder on this computer. That's great when the files that I want to
share are not sensitive, eg. family pictures.

But there are certain files that I do not wish for everyone connecting to
have access to.

At the moment (although running multiple PCs) I am able to drop files onto
and drag files off my Apple Mac. not a problem

(just mapping as a drive, \\IPAddress\MyAccountName)

When mapping that as a network drive it then requests me for my credentials.
This is what I would like to be able to do with my home folder.

Is there a way that I can do this in XP Home? And if not, how would/could I
go about doing this on XP Pro. ( Although I have Pro, it's not on the PC that
I intend to access files from)

TIA,

DAN
 
DanielWalters6 said:
Is is possible, with XP HOME to share MY home folder ( c:\documents
and settings\daniel\documents) with other computers on the network,
BUT require my password and credentials to connect to it?

At the moment, I have several computers connecting regularly to the
shared documents folder on this computer. That's great when the files
that I want to share are not sensitive, eg. family pictures.

But there are certain files that I do not wish for everyone connecting
to have access to.

At the moment (although running multiple PCs) I am able to drop files
onto and drag files off my Apple Mac. not a problem

(just mapping as a drive, \\IPAddress\MyAccountName)

When mapping that as a network drive it then requests me for my
credentials. This is what I would like to be able to do with my home
folder.
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XP Home does not permit the sharing of users' home directories (My
Documents) although you can share subdirectories.

XP does not use passwords to protect resources; it uses permissions. The
fine-grained user permissions you want are available in Pro, not Home.
However, you could zip the folders and apply a password to them, only
giving the password to those whom you wish to be able to have access.

Otherwise, Google for third-party software to do password protection of
folders.

Malke
 
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