Re: two networked computers / one xp home other xp pro (media center edtion)

*Prot3anThr3ad* wrote:

one computer is xpMe and the other is xpHe. i want to access the
entire drive(s) on xpHe using xpMe. is there a way to do that?

Not with any supported way. There is a complicated unsupported and
possibly destructive way, but why do you want to do this? There is no
reason to share the whole drive and lots of good reasons *not* to share
the whole drive since it includes Program Files and the Windows
directory. If you want to mess up your machine, it's your perogative so
here are my notes about disabling Simple Sharing on XP Home. Please
note that I've never done this because I think it's a stupid thing to
do, but it's your choice. You have been warned.

A. from MVP Doug Knox -
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/scm/default.asp

Instructions: Download the x86 (Intel) version of the Security
Configuration Manager and save it to your hard disk. Double click the
SCESP4I.EXE file you downloaded and extract the contents to a temporary
location on your hard disk. Then open the folder you extracted the
files to and locate the Setup.inf (Setup Information) file. Right
click Setup.inf and select Install. After the installation is
finished, reboot your computer.

If the download link on the page, listed above, does not work, try this
one - ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/tools/SCM

Right click the SCESP4I.EXE file and select Copy to Folder). Make sure
to read the README files!!!!

B. Use CACLS, per Ron Lowe:

DISCLAIMER: Quote from MVP Steve Winograd, "I have tested this
procedure on my XP Home installation, and it works. I cannot guarantee
that it will work on your system. Make sure you create a System
Restore point before proceeding. WARNING: Adjusting the permissions on
a drive, file or folder can lock even the Administrator account out of
that drive/file/folder. Deny Permissions take precedence over Allow
Permissions, regardless of your group membership. Administrators are
members of the User's group, by default. Uncheck Allow, rather than
using Deny."

XP home is tricky for 2 reasons:

1) You cannot disable Simple File Sharing - so you cannot access the
Security tab;
2) You cannot disable Simple File Sharing - so all incoming connections
authenticate as Guest. We can't do anything about (2), but we can work
around (1) to that Guest has the same permissions as other folders.
There are 2 ways to do it:

1) Boot to safe mode and manipulate the folder permissions there ( Add
the 'Everyone' group );or
2) Go to a command prompt. Change Directory to the parent of the target
folder. Use the CALCS command to change the folder permissions.

We will go to a command prompt window, and use the CACLS command. In
this example, I'm making my profile directory (C:\Docs+Setts\Ron )
accessible across the network:

# First, notice that the command prompt window has opened
# with the profile directory I wish to edit as my current working
# directory ( C:\Docs+Sets\Ron ). I'm going to move up one level,
# to C:\Docs+Sets so the Ron directory is visible to me.
C:\Documents and Settings\Ron>cd ..
# Can I see the directory I want to edit?
# Let's try the DIR command and see...
C:\Documents and Settings>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is C4C5-AAB4
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings
12/06/2005 14:06 <DIR> .
12/06/2005 14:06 <DIR> ..
12/06/2005 13:45 <DIR> All Users
12/06/2005 14:06 <DIR> Ron
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 15,526,223,872 bytes free
# Ah, yes, there it is.
# Let's look at the existing permissions:
C:\Documents and Settings>cacls ron
C:\Documents and Settings\Ron BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F
XP-HOME-VPC\Ron:(OI)(CI)F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F
# Now, add the Everyone group, which includes Guest:
# the last 'C' means I'm granting read/write access to everyone
# including the Guest account across the network.
# Replace the 'C' with 'R' for read-only ( eg backing up ).
C:\Documents and Settings>cacls ron /E /G Everyone:C
processed dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Ron
#Now, lets look at the permissions again:
C:\Documents and Settings>cacls ron
C:\Documents and Settings\Ron BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F
XP-HOME-VPC\Ron:(OI)(CI)F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F
Everyone:(OI)(CI)C
# Now the folder is accessible across the network.
# All the contents of the folder are too, because they
# inherit the parent folder's permissions.
# This works with the Program Files folder too.
C:\Documents and Settings>cd ..
C:\>cacls "program files" /E /G Everyone:C
processed dir: C:\Program Files
C:\>cacls "program files"
C:\Program Files BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F
CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)F
Everyone:(OI)(CI)C
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F
BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R
# This is now accessible across the network too.

C. Boot into Safe Mode with Networking, which temporarily disables
Simple File Sharing. Shared the desired folder(s), set permissions,
reboot normally.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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