Re: XP Home: selective folder sharing

From: DaddySchlich (DaddySchlich_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:45:16 -0800

Chuck,

Thanks very much for the advice. I was able to implement at least part of
it. Unfortunately, I've put myself in a bit of a pickle, and need a bit more.

I successfully booted into Safe Mode w/ Networking, and found Simple File
Sharing disabled. I created a Test folder in root, and played with the
Permissions button. It appeared to allow me to look for possible users to
authorize only on the PC I was on - and not on other homenetworked PCs. I
rebooted back to XP SP2.

My Win98SE PC normally boots directly to Desktop, and had my name on the Log
Off function on the Start Menu. Thinking that adding another User might
help, I went into Control Panel/Userson the 98SE, and created new User "Test"
with a different Desktop. Oddly, my name was not also there as a User.
Rebooting gave me a chance to sign on as Test, but no other choices. Hitting
Test logged me to its Desktop; hitting Cancel logged me to my usual Desktop.

Adding Test made no difference for sharing the Test folder in XP Safe Mode.
In Control Panel/Network on the 98SE machine, I found the network login set
to Microsoft Family login. I changed to Windows Logon, but the PC hung twice
on rebooting. Got into Safe Mode there, and changed back there to Windows
Logon. Was able to start up in 98SE.

At this point, hitting Network Neighborhood on the 98SE PC then indicated
that there was no XP machine on the network. Ouch!

So I tried to undo everything - put the Test folder back in Simple File
Sharing mode on the XP machine, and deleted Test as a 98SE User through
Control Panel. Have tried both Microsoft Family Logon and Windows Logon on
the 98SE machine - no crashes, but no answers either.

On Rebooting the 98SE machine, I now get the Login screen with no choices
(so I hit cancel and get my normal Desktop), and no recognition of the XP
machine (checked that machine and clearly have three folders enabled through
Simple File Sharing as well as a printer)

So - to get back where I started, any advice on getting network access
again, and to get rid of the Windows Login screen on rebooting the 98SE
machine???

Hopefully, all this detail will help you. My searches on the Microsoft KB
sent me to the Registry, but it was very unclear whether the article applied,
so I changed nothing.

Thanks very much for your help.

  Daddy Schlich

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:31:02 -0800, DaddySchlich
> <DaddySchlich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >I was wanting to set up some folders so that they are available only to some
> >users, but not to all. I see from KB 304040 that this is not generally
> >allowed in XP Home. Does anyone know of any workarounds?
> >
> >What I'm worried about is access to files on my wired Ethernet LAN through
> >an 802.11g network adapter where I don't have access to the access point.
> >Maybe that's not a problem for other reasons?
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > DaddySchlich
>
> With XP Home, you can temporarily disable Simple File Sharing
> by starting up in "Safe Mode with Networking".
>
> A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222
>
> With Simple File Sharing disabled, right click the desired folder, click Sharing
> and Security, and share the folder. Then, click the Permissions button to
> specify network access permissions, and click the Security tab to specify NTFS
> file system permissions. A network user needs both permissions in order to
> access the share.
>
> For details how to set permissions, see this web site:
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
>
> IMHO, this is a good reason to get XP Pro, and avoid all this complication.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.
>