Re: Simple File Sharing
From: Elijah (pitpawten_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/14/03
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:00:38 -0500
*sigh*
too true about the guest account
was so excited that i didnt think about that
some IT guy eh' : )
oh well
BTW the bullheaded company ordered home for the price and now says "fix it"
Update: we purchased two W2K Server Dell Servers and are slowly changing to
W2K for all boxes, the start of a long fun process
Elijah
"Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23atx7SqRDHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> My advice was aimed toward a small, home network. As Alaa pointed out,
> you can't overcome the simple remote sharing restrictions in XP Home
> with a security tab tool, you can only tweak the local access
> privileges, something you can already do in safe mode.
>
> You are likely to trip over more Home Edition limitations in your large
> network.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
> "Elijah" <pitpawten@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OH09HtjRDHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Freakin A'!
> >
> > Best suggestion ive found yet nice program.
> >
> > I knew it was just a matter of time until people started to make the
> > programs to convert XP Home to Pro, this is the first step i would
> take.
> >
> > Do you know of any more programs (as that site is in danish i think),
> that
> > do this kind of thing, add things that are "only available" (not
> hidden) in
> > XP Pro?
> >
> > Thanks again you just helped a small company IT guy stop screwing
> around and
> > going into safe mode to administrate 50 xp home computers on a network
> that
> > the company built.
> >
> > Elijah
> >
> > "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:%23uNDNlcRDHA.1720@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > You can't disable simple file sharing, but you can add the security
> tab
> > > back, if you like.
> > > http://www.fajo.de/sware/files/xpfse/FJXPFileSecExt_0_2_Setup_EN.exe
> > > This is safe, I've tested it. It just brings it up from safe mode to
> > > normal mode in a slightly different context.
> > >
> > > If you don't know anything about NTFS permissons, post back with a
> > > description of what you want to do and we can give you some advice.
> > > There are pitfalls that inexperienced users always fall into when
> > > fiddling with NTFS permissions. Experiment on a folder that you can
> > > afford to lose.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Tom Petrocelli" <tom_petrocelli@yahoo.com> wrote in
> > > message news:798a01c344ae$4c739f70$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > > That doesn't work unfortunately since I want to share
> > > > directories with some other users/computers and not
> > > > others. Since my kids and I operate on the same network
> > > > and I have a laptop that I use as well, having open
> > > > sharing or completely private shares are not good options.
> > > >
> > > > Thwe knowledgebase seems to indicate that XP Home has
> > > > this option though it doesn't appear.
> > > >
> > > > Any other options? Registry magic perhaps?
> > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > >Tom;
> > > > >Simple File Sharing is hardwired in Windows XP Home and
> > > > can not be
> > > > >disabled.
> > > > >
> > > > >Do you want to make folders private:
> > > > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
> > > > US;Q307286&
> > > > >
> > > > >--
> > > > >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> > > > >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> > > > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> > > > etup.asp
> > > > >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >"Tom Petrocelli" <tom_petrocelli@yahoo.com> wrote in
> > > > message
> > > > >news:094001c344a6$d2ed8ff0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > > > >> I'm trying to turn off simple file sharing on my XP
> > > > Home
> > > > >> system but the option is not showing up in the Folder
> > > > >> OPtions | View | Advanced Setting section. Anyone know
> > > > >> why thath may be or another way to turn it off.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >.
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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