Turning Off Simple Sharing (Windows XP Pro only)
Windows XP Pro users will have more control over how files are shared by turning off Simple Sharing.
To turn off Simple Sharing:
Click Start, and then click My Computer
From the Tools menu, select Folder Options
On the View tab, clear the Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended) check box under the Advanced Settings section
Click OK
Once Simple Sharing is turned off, there are three main steps to sharing files: creating a user to connect to the share; sharing the folder; setting up share permissions.
Creating a User to Connect to the Share
Click on the Start Menu and select Control Panel
Click on User Accounts
Click Create a New Account
Enter the desired username and click Next
Select either Computer Administrator or Limited account type
Click Create Account
To set a password, click on the user account
Click Change the Password
Enter the password information and click Change Password
Sharing Folders
Right-click on the folder to be shared
Select Sharing and Security
On the Sharing tab, click Share This Folder
Specify a name for the share in Share Name and specify the allowed number of users
Setting up Share Permissions
When Simple Sharing is turned off, permissions that are given to everyone apply only to users with a valid username and password on the machine, not everyone on the network.
To set up a folder so that anyone with a username and password on this computer can read its contents but not edit them (CampusShare):
Right-click on the folder to be shared and select Properties
On the Sharing tab, click on the Permissions button
Give everyone Full Control
Hit OK to return to the properties dialog box
On the Security tab, give everyone and users Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, and Read access
To set up a folder so that anyone with a username and password on this computer can deposit files in it, but not read or access them afterwards (DropBox):
Right-click on the folder to be shared and select Properties
On the Sharing tab, click on the Permissions button
Give everyone Full Control
Hit OK to return to the properties dialog box
On the Security tab, give everyone and users List Folder Contents and Write access
To set up a folder that only a specific username on this computer can access:
Right-click on the folder to be shared and select Properties
On the Sharing tab, click on the Permissions button
Give everyone Full Control
Hit OK to return to the properties dialog box
On the Security tab, click on the add button if the user is not listed
Enter your computer name followed by a slash and the name of the user, e.g. computernameSer. Your computer name is listed in the From this Location field
Click OK
On the Security tab, click once on the user
Give the user Modify permissions (or the type of access you desire)
Click OK and exit the dialog boxes.
This will allow the user to log in from their own machine using the username and password specified on the machine containing the share. The user will then have permissions to read, write to, execute, and delete (Modify) the files contained in the share.
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Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
