Re: Security settings on folders

From: Frank (Frank_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:33:58 -0500

Do you have your home PC on a network? If not then there is no reason to
"Share" folders or files. If you are just trying to set security on files
and folders so that another user can or can't access them, you should be
setting this under the "Security" tab of the Sharing and Security windows.
Alternatively, simply right click on the folder or file and choose
"properties" and then Security.

Just a note: you will not see the choice for "Sharing and Security" when you
have a filename highlighted, Sharing only applies to directories.

I hope this helps.

"no one" <noone@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:41F67ABD.3EC8CA10@yahoo.com...
>I am wondering if I am Windows XP Pro OEM hell or somethig. It is not
> like the XP Pro on my laptop from work. I need to change the
> permissions on a directory. I right click and select "Sharing and
> Security". I set it to share, but I cannot get to the dialog that lets
> me select which users and groups are allowed to have access the folder.
> For files, I can't even get this far. What am I missing?
>

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