Re: Toggling Simple/Advanced File Sharing! NEED HELP PLEASE!!
- From: "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 22:54:53 -0600
In article <#BUWQ3bVFHA.3532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Malke
<invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Anonymous wrote:
>> Thank you in adancve for any help I can get with my problem. When I
>> installed Windows XP Professional the second time, and was setting up
>> the network during installation, I decided to try "advanced" file
>> sharing this
>> time. Now, none of the 4 other computers in the home network can
>> access my
>> shared files! They can't even browse the folders. 2 of these
>> computers also
>> use Windows XP professional, the other 2 use 98SE. I would like to
>> know how to set file sharing back to Simple mode like I had it before,
>> without
>> re-installing Windows. This problem is very annoying in my house's
>> home
>> netowkr because I am like a file server. The other computers often
>> open files from the databases on my computer (including music, movies,
>> and games).
>> Thanks again in advance for any help with this!
>>
>> - Matt
>
>Enable Simple File Sharing from the Folders Options applet in Control
>Panel. Look on the View tab. All your XP computers need to be set the
>same.
>
>Malke
Hi, Malke. My home network has some computers with simple file
sharing enabled and some with simple file sharing disabled.
Everything seems to work, and they can all access each other's shared
resources. What would be the advantage of using the same setting on
all of them?
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