XP Pro permissions and file sharing

After i get getting prompted for a password when trying to access my
machine from another on the network i started playing with the
permissions and have sodded them up good and proper.

My questions is how to i reset them to the dfaults and get it so i can
share my files over the network :O(

Hardeep.



Hardeep Rakhra

Hardeep Rakhra said this...

> My questions is how to i reset them to the dfaults and get it so i can
> share my files over the network :O(

How about using system restore to return to a known good condition?
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Groove wrote:

> How about using system restore to return to a known good condition?

K. Got everything looking how it shoul, but when i want to browse this
machine for another it still prompts for a password and user name. Once
i pop my user name and password in, it works fine.

I just want the other system to be able to get at my files without any
need for a password. Works on all the other machines. Just this one is
being silly.

Hardeep.

No no are there any people in here with USEFUL advice??

There is no need to do a system restore! seems to be the
NO SO EASY solution for everything.

Ok all you have to do is open my computer
Click on the tools
Click on folder options
Click on View
move the scroll bar to the bottom of the list
select Use simple file sharing (recommended)

and thats it

Personally I'd stick with the settings you already have
if you are annoyed about the window comming up asking
for user name and password, just enter the "Administrator"
account and type in the password, then before hitting ok
tick the "save password" box and hey presto you get no
more prompts asking you for passwords and userids.

Hope this is helpful

Some anonymous bloke said this...

> There is no need to do a system restore! seems to be the
> NO SO EASY solution for everything.
>
The OP had got himself into an unknown and possibly problematic state by
changing an uncertain variety of permissions. I therefore stand by my
suggestion of a system restore as being the safest option.
However I thank you for the more useful advice that followed. That was
outside of my experience.
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