Re: security tab problems

Thanks for your help. Your solution worked. The security tab appeared and
this resolved a problem I was having with another computer accessing files
on this machine over a LAN.

Once again thanks for your assistance.

Ken


"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You have to disable simple file sharing to see the security tab. Go to
> Windows Explorer/tools/folder options - view and uncheck the last option
> for use simple file sharing. Then make sure that there are matching user
> accounts on each computer using Control Panel or lusrmgr.msc that have the
> same logon/password as the user that is trying to access the share. That
> user would also need share and NTFS permissions to the share or be a
> member of a group that does such as everyone, users, or a local group you
> reate. --- Steve
>
>
> "Ken" <harrisk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I have 3 computers on a network.. All three run windows XP Porfessional
>>Service Pak 2. So far I have tried to share files on two of them. One
>>sees shared files on the other, but when i try and access that shared
>>files on the firt from the second I get a message that I do not have
>>permissions to access this machine and should contact the system
>>administrator. This is a network in my home and I have the administrator
>>and only user. On computer 2 I can set permissions to files and drives
>>though the share and permissions tabs. However on the first machine there
>>is no permissions button on the share tab and no security tab. The same
>>is true for the third computer. All had dist and formatted for NTFS.
>>
>> Can any one explain why the security tab is missing on two computers and
>> not the third and absent this tab how I can set permissions on these two
>> machines.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Ken
>>
>
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