Re: sharing folders without putting in shared folder

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:53:57 -0400

Are you running XP Home or Pro? If Home, no. All network share access authenticates as Guest. For XP Pro, in Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing. 

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"bbxrider" <bob.betz@comcast.net> wrote in message news:ORtsVaghEHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> anyway to share folders/files without putting in the xp supplied shared
> folders??
> and how to set permissions by user???
> 
>

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