Re: XP Home Rights

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 05/02/03 

Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:45:59 -0600

Greetings --

    A "Shared folder" means that the contents of the folder are
equally available to everyone who has access privileges to the folder,
on a first-come, first-served basis. Multiple users making changes to
the same file simultaneously is normally a recipe for certain
disaster, unless the application, such as a database, has been
specifically designed for that.

Bruce Chambers

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"Dave" <freddyent@aol.com> wrote in message
news:018301c31006$511a6b80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> OK, I got this back door taken care of, and I have this
> new folder so that when one of the kids is working, the
> other can work on the paper, and vice versa.  My whole
> problem is "WHY"  What part of "Shared Documents" did I
> misunderstanding?  Apparetly by default, one Limited user
> creates a document in the "Shared Documents", now any
> other limited user can read it, but cannot write to it.
> Blows my mind.  Looks like Microsoft needs another folder
> called "Really Shared Documents"
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings --
> >
> >    If you mean to have both users editing the file
> simultaneously,
> >the answer is "No."  The first person to open the
> file "locks" it so
> >that any subsequent user trying to access the file can
> only get
> >read-only access.  This is a design feature to prevent
> file corruption
> >caused by conflicting changes.
> >
> >Bruce Chambers
> >
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> count on
> >having both at once. -- RAH
> >
> >
> >"Dave" <freddyent@aol.com> wrote in message
> >news:04a601c30da1$93523580$3001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have a question for those in the security relm.  I
> have
> >> XP Home.  I also have twins who are trying to work
> >> together on a paper.  Is there any place on the hard
> >> drive that BOTH limited users can work on the same
> >> document?  Right now, even in the "SHARED DOCUMENTS"
> only
> >> one can read/write while the other can only read.  Where
> >> can I have them put this doc?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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