Re: Folder sharing

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Em Segunda, 6 de Outubro de 2008 21:39, Newsgroups escreveu:


"Sthief Ballmer" <steve.ballmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Em Segunda, 6 de Outubro de 2008 20:49, Newsgroups escreveu:

Hi
I have an external hard drive connected to my PC which I want to share
on
the home network, my problem is I want to share the whole drive with my
wife (she has her laptop) but not all of it with the other PC's, I have
been able to share the whole drive with everyone (3 other PC's) but I
have
stopped that as there are old documents, files etc which I feel only my
wife and I to should have access to and not the kids.

In short I want to share the whole drive with my wife and the rest with
all the network minus two folders, do I need some other software or is
there a way in Vista ultimate?

Thanks

Gordon

i can't expecify detailed information right now (don't have windows at
home), but:
go back to the shared folder preferences and look at the entire scene in
there...
you can set the share to just one user, or just one PC by the Pc name or
it's IP on the network.
if you set just to one PC, your share don't even show on the other Pcs.
if you set to on user, the share will show on the other pcs but that they
will get a "access denied" trying to open it.

--

Ballmer


Hi
Thanks for the reply, I think I am being stupid or missing something, I
can
share a folder but I tried the IP address of my wife's pc and it said it
cant find it, I have SHARE as an option or advanced options, Share lets me
do the obvious with anyone, Advanced is weird, it gives me people to share
with but they are Me, My wife on this PC and that's it, I tried adding her
IP address and got no where, to be honest I am a little lost. I know I can
share and the network is open because if I share the whole drive or a
folder every PC in the house can use it, but to try and let just my wife's
laptop see it is not beyond me just eluding me at the moment.

Any help or if you feel I missing something important that would be great.

Gordon
Try to give access just to you and your wife, if your wife's user on the
laptop is the same it might work, try it... i know this works fine when all
computers are members of a domain, but with workgroups i'm just not sure.

i know another way, but it will affect all shares and not just that one...
it's about limiting the "share folders and printers" service to just one
especified IP. (this is in the preferences of the network interface)

again, since i don't have a windows system here, i can't guide you step by
step, click by click... can only point you the way.

good luck
--
Ballmer
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