Re: Sharing

"Robert" <joeblow@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eZCyLgOTFHA.2756@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Have a small LAN--4 computers all running XP SR2, all set to sharing all
> drives. On one of them I cannot get sharing on the Windows folder or
> Program Files folder. I always get the message that these 2 folders are
> being used by the operating system. I can share these folders between the
> other 3 computers but not this one. What am I doing wrong?
>

Why would you *WANT* to share the Windows and Program Files folders?

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk


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