Re: Folder Sharing in Workgroup Environment

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 08/09/03 

Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 09:59:29 -0600

Greetings --

   On the WinXP PCs, create local user account(s), with non-blank
password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
shares. Log on to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will
be able to access the designated shares, provided your network is
configured properly. Make sure that all three computers are using the
same networking protocol, are members of the same workgroup, and are
on the same subnet.

  Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418

Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm

PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

Bruce Chambers 

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"Soul" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
news:e19dT5oXDHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have two desktop PCs running WindowsXP Pro and one notebook
running
> Windows XP Home, they are all networked in my home WLAN, and are
members of
> the same Workgroup.
>
> I would like to share a folder on my PC to others PC users, but
restricted
> access by using a local user account I created in my PC (with
password of
> course).
>
> The problem is, when other PCs user type in
\\ComputerName\\SharedName in
> their Windows Explorer, it did not ask for username and password,
but
> instead an error message saying that they do not have permission to
access
> the folder.
>
> It will only work if I map my shared folder on those other PCs
specifying
> the username and password. But I don't prefer to use this method.
>
> Can anyone help?!
>
> Thank you.
>
> -- 
> Soul
>
>
>

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