Re: Sharing Folders and Drives on LAN

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Hi,

that depends on the program's sharing behaviour. Most of the pograms let
only the administrator to use those and some of those are restricted to the
user who installed that program. So Windows XP is designed not to share the
system file components over the network.
But you may try to disable "simple file sharing" to do that.
Open My computer>Tools>Folder option>View scroll down to "Use simple file
sharing" and uncheck that.

--
Regards,
Pramit Roy


"Ian Robinson" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been lurking here since I have the same problem. I followed the link
> but when I try to configure "program files" as described the shareing box
> has everything greyed out. I cannot select to shre program files.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Regards
> Ian Robinson
>
>
>
> "Pramit Roy" <PramitRoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E6AE6B93-A3BA-478D-BBB2-720B5314072E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Read this
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040
> > and configure accordingly.
> >
> > If you are unable to see shared folders on mapped drive visit this
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817861
> >
> > This behavior may occur if both the following conditions are true:
> > . NetBIOS over TCP/IP is not turned on (enabled) on one or more computers
> > in
> > the workgroup.
> > . The Computer Browser service is not started or is turned off on one or
> > more computers in the workgroup.
> >
> > One more thing, if any firewall is blocking port 80 you may experience
> > something like that. Change your firewall settings.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Pramit Roy
> >
> >
> > "Metal" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I want to share folders and drive on Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows
> >> 98
> >> all of which are on the LAN. I created a folder on Windows XP pro and
> >> shared
> >> it by right-clicking and then choosing properties but I cannot see the
> >> shared folder on other systems?
> >>
> >> What steps do I need to take to accomplish this?
> >>
> >> regards
> >> Metal
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
.

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