How to share one folder in windows xp in a workgroup for some PCs

November 10, 2012 9:05:45 AM

Hello
I have a workgroup with the name of workgroup1.
There are about 10 PCs in this workgroup with names of PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, ...
I have a folder in PC1 with the name of folder1 and I want to share it in the workgroup
I want only users from PC2 and PC3 be able to see this folder
Please advice me

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Emerald

November 10, 2012 3:54:45 PM

from what I remember, when you share a folder, it is all or nothing. once you share it everybody in the Workgroup can access it.

even on a Domain the access rights are based on user accounts not PC names

maybe look into a NAS were you can assign access rights based on user accounts

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ex_bubblehead

November 10, 2012 4:44:17 PM

You can not restrict access based on computer name, only on accounts or user groups.

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hamedfazelm

November 11, 2012 3:30:53 AM

Thank you for advise
Please guide me how to define access rights based on user accounts or groups from pc2 and pc3 on pc1

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harryblue954

November 17, 2012 8:20:58 PM

hamedfazelm said:

Hello
I have a workgroup with the name of workgroup1.
There are about 10 PCs in this workgroup with names of PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, ...
I have a folder in PC1 with the name of folder1 and I want to share it in the workgroup
I want only users from PC2 and PC3 be able to see this folder
Please advice me

u put it in my computer shared

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