?? Net Security, User has to be prompted before connecting ??

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From: OOK (OOK_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/05


Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:59:06 -0800

Ill give an example to explain the situation i am facing.
Computers A,B,C (all running Win XP Professional):
1- are on the same network
2- connected to a switch which in turn is connected to router for DSL purposes
3- 'A' works as a backup/archive computer, users of B & C backup their files
on 'A'
4- 'A' has user Mike (local administrator priviliges)
5- 'B' has user Jane (local user priviliges)
6- 'C' has use Kane (local administrator priviliges)
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Currently after setting everything up, the situation is:
1- everybody is connected to the internet
2- all computers see each other under the workgroup
3- File and Printer sharing is running

My problem is the following:
the user of any computer can connect to any of the other two computers
without authentication. as in, As in, any user on his/her computer after
searching and finding some other computer can simply just double click on the
icon and "viola" !

BUT that is not what i am looking for, i want that if Kane sitting on C
tries to connect to B, he should be prompted by a local Username/password for
B.
In addition to that, I want Kane to only be able to access Kane's "archive"
folder (which is located on A) and not Jane's "archive" folder which is also
located on A.

The reason is, I want to limit access of different users on the different
computers to mapped drives, i dont want anybody being able to connect to
anybody else's computer.

Bottom line, How do i get Windows to prompt anyone connecting over the
network with a Username/password prompt for verification

Is this possible ? plz !
thanks in advance



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