Shared file passwording

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Hi,

I am using an Ntl:Home 600k cable modem connected to a Linksys WRT54G Router
linking 2 laptops (XP Pro and 2000 Pro) and one desktop (XP Home). How can
I password files and folders that I share between these?

TIA,

Karl Shaw.

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In article <Q1Qmc.1243$iz2.237@newsfe1-win>, "Karl Shaw"
<karlshaw4@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am using an Ntl:Home 600k cable modem connected to a Linksys WRT54G Router
>linking 2 laptops (XP Pro and 2000 Pro) and one desktop (XP Home). How can
>I password files and folders that I share between these?
>
>TIA,
>
>Karl Shaw.

I'm sorry, but Windows 2000 and XP don't have passwords for shared
disks and folders the way that Windows 95, 98, and Me do.

Here are some ways to control access to your shared folders on Windows
XP. I haven't tried them on Windows 2000, but I expect that #1 will
work, and Windows 2000 permissions are the same as what's described in
#4:

1. Create a hidden share and only tell selected people about it. I've
written a web page with details:

Windows XP Simple File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.co [...] haring.htm

2. Assign a password to the "Guest" account. When other people try
to access your computer, they'll be prompted to enter the password:

a. Click Start | Run.
b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
c. Under "Users for this computer", click Guest.
d. Click Reset Password, enter a password, and click OK.

3. Create a compressed folder and define a password for it. Everyone
who accesses the folder, from the local computer or from the network,
must specify the password to access the files in the compressed
folder. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article has details:

HOW TO: Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;306531

4. If you have Windows XP Professional, you can disable Simple File
Sharing and define access control lists that specify user names and
their allowed mode of access. Ron Lowe and I have written a web page
with details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing

http://www.practicallynetworked.co [...] /index.htm
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