Re: Newbie. Questions on file sharing

To clarify, are you talking about the daniel folder on your start menu? If so, then it is normal that the share option would not be there. I was refering to your user folder in explorer in my instructions.

- JB

"Daniel" <notmyrealaddress@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OYzWBvULJHA.6128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Daniel" <notmyrealaddress@xxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:9B4B4909-B389-4B03-98B2-5C444B857F71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello again, Jimmy.

Just to tell you that now everything is working fine!

thank you so much for your help, I am most grateful.

Just a small question : if I right click on my "Daniel" folder I cannot see the Share option. To access Share I have to open Explorer, select Desktop on the left pane of the window, then select "Daniel" folder on the right pane and click the button Share in the toolbar.

How come? Is there an option to extend the right click menu? Is it different from one version of Vista to another (I have Vista Ultimate)?

many thanks again,
best rgds,
Daniel





"Jimmy Brush" <jb@xxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:uCSd7SJLJHA.456@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

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Assuming I am user "Daniel" on the Vista PC, how can I share in one operation all folders and files in the Users\Daniel folder ?

- Right-click your daniel folder
- Click share..
- Click advanced sharing...
- Check the box that says share this folder
- Click the permissions button
- Check all the allow box next to full control (Note - this screen doesn't actually GRANT permission - that is done in the security tab. This screen is only used to take permission away or limit permission. That's why I suggest you make it wide open.)
- Click OK to close all the screens.

If you have password-protected sharing turned ON, you are done.

If you don't, you have to now change the security permissions on your folder to allow 'everyone' to access it. This is necessary because without password sharing, your computer doesn't know who is accessing your files.

Note: This could make your computer less secure

- Right-click your daniel folder
- Click the security tab
- Click the edit button
- Click the Add button
- Type 'Everyone' into the box and click OK
- Check the boxes next to the permissions you want to allow.
- Click OK.
- You will see many screens come up that say 'Error Applying Security'. These are normal - you can ignore them. Keep clicking Continue when these come up.

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cannot modify the settings in the Network discovery and file sharing sections : the check boxes are "greyed".

I have read some people report that their security software greys these out and makes you change these settings from the security application (e.g. onecare).

- JB



"Daniel" <notmyrealaddress@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OtyuxrELJHA.1012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi everybody

I have a smal soho network consisting of a netgear router, a brand new PC
equipped with Vista Ultimate (let's call it Vista PC), and another PC using
XP SP 3 (XP PC).
The mapping of the network is OK.

after struggling a bit and thanks to the help of great people on such newsgroup, my network is now operational.

however, i observe the following:
- From Vista PC I can access all folders and files on XP PC.

- From XP PC I can only access the folders that I manually shared, on at a time, on the Vista PC.

so I have 2 questions :
1/
Assuming I am user "Daniel" on the Vista PC, how can I share in one operation all folders and files in the Users\Daniel folder ?

2/
I wanted to start from scratch and deactivate file and printer sharing. How can I do that? Indeed, if I go to Control Panel > Network File sharing, I cannot modify the settings in the Network discovery and file sharing sections : the check boxes are "greyed".

Many thanks in adavance for your kind help.

with brgds,
Daniel





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