Re: View disk capacity on a network share via Windows Explorer



"" wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've been trying to find a useful feature that I used on my
> Windows 2000 Pro
> pc, on my new XP Pro pc.
>
> On a Win2k Pro ( as well as on a 2000 Server) system, when
> browsing to a
> network share, ie., \computernamefoldername, Windows
> Explorer would
> display capacity information about the share. ie., Capacity:
> 60 GB, Used:
> 30GB Free: 30Gb, along with a pie chart to visually display
> the capacity.
>
> I've been poking around on Windows XP as well as on a Win2k3
> server and
> haven't been able to find this feature.
>
> Is there anyway of enabling this view?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shannon

XP canot (or dose not) show this information for folders accessed
using computer paths (eg \computer1c$) how ever if you where to map
this as a network drive, it dose! now isnt that some thing.

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