Re: Network setup problems

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:44:19 -0400, "MDriggers" <mdriggers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>"Malke" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:ONu0LCcQFHA.2932@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> MDriggers wrote:
>>
>>> Any reason I'm being ignored?
>>>
>>
>> You are not being ignored. These are public newsgroups, not Microsoft
>> tech support. We are all volunteers with Real Lives, most of which
>> include Jobs. So if you didn't get an answer to your quite complex
>> question immediately and you need one, call MS tech support. Since you
>> have an MS server operating system, tech support came with the package.
>> Depending on what you bought, you may be entitled to two free calls. In
>> addition, even though this is a church, it is a business and tech
>> support is a cost of doing business. I have paid the $245 usd or so for
>> server tech support and it was excellent and well worth it.
>>
>> That said, Windows server operating systems are like Linux in that they
>> do not use password protection for folders/files. Permissions are set
>> for users and user groups. Create the user accounts you need on the
>> server and appropriate groups and doing what you need to is quite as
>> simple on Windows as doing it on Linux. If you have further questions
>> about setting up user accounts, groups and permissions, you should post
>> them to one of the MS server newsgroups like:
>>
>> microsoft.public.windows.server.general
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
>> The world is diminished without him.
>
>I'm not sure what I did to create a flaming response. I just noticed other
>posts getting rapid responses while I was getting none. I'm familiar with
>the way the public newsgroups work and the fact that MVPs are real people
>whose paying jobs are not giving newsgroup advice. I am a grateful
>beneficiary of the wonderful advice I have gotten in the past on numerous MS
>newsgroups ... mostly from MVPs. I did not intend to offend, but apparently
>I did. My apologies.
>
>Perhaps my original post did not make it clear. Our new dedicated file
>server is running XP Pro, not Windows Server, therefore we do not have the
>tech support that you mentioned. It is a simple peer-to-peer like setup
>with a little better security desired, which I think XP Pro will deliver
>fine. Any help you might be able to give would be much appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Morris Driggers, Minister of Music
>First Baptist Church, Clinton, SC

Morris,

Please don't take Malke's response personally. She's a volunteer here like the
rest of us. Please don't call that flaming either. Real flaming would have
been much more severe. This newsgroup is somewhat more professionally operated
than many, though flames do occur occasionally, but that wasn't a flame.

Now to your problem. Please forgive me as I ask obvious questions - I could
infer the answers from your post, but maybe my inferences would be wrong.

You are using a Windows XP Pro system as a server? How many users, total? Is
it using Advanced, or Simple, File Sharing?

If Advanced FS, are shares 1 and 2 setup for access by Everybody? And User
shares 1 - 6 setup for access by each individual user? Can any one person
access Shares 1, 2, and the appropriate user share simultaneously? Can any one
person access just the appropriate user share at all?

What you're doing is perfectly doable, as long as you haven't exceeded the
simultaneous connection limit. So the question is - what are you doing that we
can't see? Asking questions is not the best way to diagnose problems - most
folks like me would prefer to be in front of the computer, and diagnose on
direct observation. So be patient with us, and we'll try to help you out here.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
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