Password on shared folder in Windows XP

Dear Bill

I can share my folders, so other networked computers can access them. Under Windows 98 and
Me I can set a password. However, I see no possibility to set a password under Windows XP.

Some say that "Simple sharing" should be turned off. But I can't find that setting either.

Please help.
--
Fritz

Hello,

Yes, Disable Simple File Sharing.

This is how you do it:

Double click "My Computer"
Click Tools->Folder Options
Click on the View tab
Scroll down to the bottom, and disable "Simple File Sharing"

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<charon-nl-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear Bill
>
> I can share my folders, so other networked computers can access them.
Under Windows 98 and
> Me I can set a password. However, I see no possibility to set a password
under Windows XP.
>
> Some say that "Simple sharing" should be turned off. But I can't find that
setting either.
>
> Please help.
> --
> Fritz

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:32:56 +0100, "Kristofer Gafvert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.server.networking:

>Yes, Disable Simple File Sharing.
>
>This is how you do it:
>
>Double click "My Computer"
>Click Tools->Folder Options
>Click on the View tab
>Scroll down to the bottom, and disable "Simple File Sharing"

I got that tip before, but there is no "Simple File Sharing" in that list.

You mean that you do not have this on your Windows XP machine:

http://www.ilopia.com/temp/000076.jpg

?

--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply by email, but please
do not.
www.ilopia.com - FAQ and Tutorials for Windows Server 2003


<charon-nl-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:32:56 +0100, "Kristofer Gafvert"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windows.server.networking:
>
> >Yes, Disable Simple File Sharing.
> >
> >This is how you do it:
> >
> >Double click "My Computer"
> >Click Tools->Folder Options
> >Click on the View tab
> >Scroll down to the bottom, and disable "Simple File Sharing"
>
> I got that tip before, but there is no "Simple File Sharing" in that list.
>

I don't think the problem has to do with Simple File
Sharing. You are trying to use Share level security. In
NT/2K/XP you can only use User Level security. In other
words, there is no way for a user to just type in a
password to access a file.
If that is understood and you still want to share
folders, you should disable Simple File Sharing and then
learn how to share by user name. You can then create
users on each machine that have the same name and
password in order to access the shared folders over the
network. Otherwise, the user has to type in the name of
an account that is on the remote machine and its password
when trying to access the shared folder.
>-----Original Message-----
>You mean that you do not have this on your Windows XP
machine:
>
>http://www.ilopia.com/temp/000076.jpg
>
>?
>
>--
>Regards,
>Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
>Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply
by email, but please
>do not.
>www.ilopia.com - FAQ and Tutorials for Windows Server
2003
>
>
><charon-nl-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:32:56 +0100, "Kristofer Gafvert"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> microsoft.public.windows.server.networking:
>>
>> >Yes, Disable Simple File Sharing.
>> >
>> >This is how you do it:
>> >
>> >Double click "My Computer"
>> >Click Tools->Folder Options
>> >Click on the View tab
>> >Scroll down to the bottom, and disable "Simple File
Sharing"
>>
>> I got that tip before, but there is no "Simple File
Sharing" in that list.
>>
>
>
>.
>