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is there any way to do much more advanced settings for a windows shared folder such as only allowing people to put stuff into the shared drive and not be able to modify any existing files on it. what would be even better than that would be some password authentication to have to put in and then having full access to the shared drive. this is all becuase I have my labtop shared all the time so i can play my songs while at work and everything but on my work computer I want to be able to download stuff then put it on my labtop so instead of having to worry about chaging the sharing option of "allow users to change my files" on and off all the time could there just be a way that I have to put in a password when I connect?
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those are available with XP Pro as the "server"
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but here at work i cant make my computer a server like for a ftp or anything. can you be a little more specific?
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server in this case is the machine being connected to.
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I haven't used windows much in a while so i hope this is correct....

~shiz you need to go into Explorer, click tools -> Folder Options. Look towards the bottom of the list, there's an option for "Use simple file sharing"... turn it off.

Now when you right click a folder you get "File sharing & Security" as opposed to "Sharing" or whatever. If you go into security you can select the users to allow access to, the computers to allow and passwords etc etc....

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d11wtq wrote:I haven't used windows much in a while so i hope this is correct....

~shiz you need to go into Explorer, click tools -> Folder Options. Look towards the bottom of the list, there's an option for "Use simple file sharing"... turn it off.

Now when you right click a folder you get "File sharing & Security" as opposed to "Sharing" or whatever. If you go into security you can select the users to allow access to, the computers to allow and passwords etc etc....

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does not exist. anyone with windows ever even hear about that?
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as I said, it's on XP Pro. XP Home does not have all the security features and settings XP Pro does.
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gasp! i have xp pro but i did not install it, i installed home. is there any way that i can upgrade my home to pro without formatting?
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Last me saws it, me disc would upgrade de home thar to pro, yar.
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gasp! i cannot install pro over my home becuase it says that my home is a newer version than my pro, maybe because its service pack 2 or somtin but is there any way to not format but be able to install pro still or is it looking like a format is nessicary then a upgrage to sp2 then a bullet through my brain?
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uninstall all updates?
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home came with sp2 and my professional is not sp2 so i can't uninstall the sp2 on the home...atleast that I can see since there is nothing to uninstall it under add or remove programs and i don't have the hidden $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder in my windows folder. i have no installed any of the "patches" that you are told to download so i can't uninstall any of those since i don't have any. any other ideas?
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Heh, you wont be able to update xp home sp2 to xp pro unless it too is sp2.

But that quote is right, with xp pro, you can turn off simple file sharing, however the user that would need to be controlled would need an account on that system. (or the security would apply to all). The other way (also requiring xp pro) is to setup a dedicated win2k3 box and use it as a domain controller, have the rest of the computers join the domain, and use the ACL (access control list) or GP (group policies) to tighten the screws.
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for having the account on the computer, could it be the same account usename/pass for the user that would be currently logged in?
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Well, it would depend on how you want it secured. If it's in a networked environment, and computer B has a user "bobsmith" and on computer A you have a folder "testfolder" that you want secured so that anyone on the local machine has full control over it but "bobsmith" can't, then afaik (havent used it, i use server 2003) "bobsmith" will need an account on computer A with the same credentials as on computer B

Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong...
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