Re: File Sharing Problems

"Blaine Hamrick" <hamrick@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Duane: Thank you for your prompt reply! Are you using simple file
> sharing?

Simple File sharing is disabled on my XP Pro machines.

> I'm not an idiot, and have an Electronics Technology degree,
> but could you step your intelligence down one notch? What is a share?

A share in your case is any folder on the XP Pro O/S that you have
designated to be a *share* so that another machine on the network can see
the folder and access it to copy, move or delete files in the folder,
based on the permissions for the account on the share using NTFS.

> If you can give me a list like: 1. Do this. 2. Check next, etc... I
> might be able to follow. I turned off simple file sharing and then
> looked at the "Properties" right-click, and what I saw was most
> intimidating. If this what I need to do, I assume I need to do it on
> both computers.

Let's keep it simple.

Yes, if the machines are using XP Pro then you should disable Simple File
Sharing.

You can use Explorer and make a directory called *Transfer* and then
right-click it and select Sharing and Security assuming the XP O/S is
using NTFS.

You'll go to the Sharing tab and set the folder to *Allow Sharing* and go
to the Permissions button and set the user account and permissions for
the account. I delete all accounts showing but the account just added.

Then you should go to the Security Tab and add the account you added at
the Permissions button giving those same permissions that were given for
the account at the Permissions button. You should delete all other
accounts from the Security tab screen but the account you just added.

When you comeback to Explorer looking at the directory tree view, the
shared folder should have the little hand under it to show that it's a
*Shared* folder.

See if you can copy some files from one machine to the other. Use some
files that you're not having problems with and see if it works.

This may help you.

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidshrh.htm

This may help too and take note on using the Authenticated Users Group on
*Shares*, which means you add a new user through User Manager on the O/S
but the only account you use on the *Share* is Authenticated Users so
that you don't set that user account up on the *Share* and *only* users
with an account on the machine can access the folder from another machine
using the same user account.

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm

A little extra

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelesssecurity/tp/wifisecurity.htm

Duane :)

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