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Hamid 13 years ago. Ahmed 13 years ago. Namous 13 years ago. Question: In the My Documents folder, my music, pictures, etc. I tried to make the folder private with no sharing privileges , but the option is ghosted and won't allow me to choose this feature no matter what I do. That being said, you must have separate user accounts set up with Windows XP in order to have your own My Documents folder.
Information how to set up a separate user account can be found here:. Assuming you have your own user account, "the 'Make this Folder Private' option is available only for files in your user profile the My Documents folder and its subfolders, and the Cookies, Desktop, Start Menu, or Favorites folders. Privacy Policy Terms of Service. Jump to Navigation. Windows XP uses the actual folder name as the default Share Name.
Type in a Comment, if you desire. Comments appear in the Browse list when users search for network resources. Comments can help users to locate the proper network shares. Windows XP Professional permits a maximum of 10 concurrent network connections per share.
Specify the Allow This Number Of Users option only if you need to limit the number of concurrent users for this share to fewer than Click OK to create the shared folder. The folder now becomes available to others on your network. To remove a network share, right-click the shared folder and choose the Sharing And Securiy option. The folder will no longer be shared with the network. To share a folder with the network with Simple File Sharing disabled, you may use the Shared Folders MMC snap-in from a custom console, or you can use the Shared Folders snap-in as part of the Computer Management Console by following these steps:.
Right-click the My Computer icon and select Manage, or open an empty Microsoft Management Console window and add the Shared Folders snap-in for the local computer.
Select one of the basic share permissions listed, or click Customize Share And Folder Permissions to define your own share permissions. Use NTFS security permissions to specify access control levels for both users and groups.
By having only one set of permissions to manage, security access levels are less confusing, and you avoid possible conflicts with share permissions.
In addition, NTFS security permissions apply to both remote network users and local users, so users cannot circumvent security permissions by logging on to the local computer. To remove a shared folder from the Shared Folders snap-in, simply right-click the shared folder and select Stop Sharing. Click Yes and the folder will no longer be shared on the network. Windows XP Professional automatically creates shared folders by default each and every time the computer is started.
When users browse through the My Network Places window, for example, they cannot see that such hidden shares even exist; Microsoft Windows Networking does not allow hidden shares to be displayed. The default hidden network shares include the following:. IPCs support communications between objects on different computers over a network by manipulating the low-level details of network transport protocols.
IPCs enable the use of distributed application programs that combine multiple processes working together to accomplish a single task. When a remote computer connects to a printer over the network, the appropriate printer driver is downloaded to the remote PC.
Although you can temporarily disable hidden shares, you cannot delete them without modifying the Registry which is not recommended , because they get re-created each time the computer restarts.
You can connect to a hidden share, but only if you provide a user account with administrative privileges along with the appropriate password for that user account. Administrators can create their own custom administrative hidden shares simply by adding a dollar sign to the share name of any shared folder.
Users and network administrators have several options available to them for connecting to shared network resources. These options include the following:. At this point, you are connected to that shared resource, provided that you possess the proper user ID, password, and security permissions needed to access the shared folder. You can connect to a network share from My Network Places.
To use the My Network Places window, perform the following steps:. Enter the Internet Or Network Address, or click Browse to locate the network share by viewing the available network resources. You can connect to one of the following types of resources:. Click Finish to establish the connection to the shared folder, provided that you have the proper permissions.
A list of network resources to which you have already connected is then displayed within the My Network Places window. You can create and delete shared folders from the command line instead of using the GUI. Windows XP offers several Net commands that you use from the command line. You also have the option of connecting to network shares via the Net Use command.
To connect to a remote resource from the command line, follow these steps:. If you possess the appropriate permissions for that network share, you should see the message The Command Completed Successfully displayed in your command prompt window. When you, as a network administrator, grant access to shared resources over the network, the shared data files become very vulnerable to unintentional, as well as intentional destruction or deletion by others. This is why network administrators must be vigilant in controlling data access security permissions.
If access permissions to shared folders are too lenient, shared data may become compromised. On the other hand, if access permissions are set too stringently, the users who need to access and manipulate the data may not be able to do their jobs. Managing access control for shared resources can be quite challenging.
By right-clicking a shared folder and selecting Sharing, you can modify some of the shared folder's properties. You can specify whether network users can cache shared data files on their local workstations.
To configure offline access settings for the shared folder, click the Caching button to display the Cache Settings dialog box. The default is to allow caching of files whenever you create a new shared folder. If you allow caching of files for a shared folder, you must choose from three options in the Caching Settings dialog box:. Older copies of files are automatically deleted to make room for newer and more recently accessed files.
To ensure proper file sharing, the server version of the file is always opened. This option is not designed for sharing data files, and file sharing in this mode is not guaranteed. This setting requires network users to manually specify any files that they want available when working offline. This setting is recommended for folders that contain user documents.
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