Re: password protect computers on workgroup

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Ok, great. Now my question is, how do you set it up so that it requires
other users on other computers to type in a user/password in order to access
my shared files?

Thank you.

"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> Yes, it is possible.
>
> 1. Make sure the guest account is disabled.
> 2. I will logon computer A as bob while you logon computer B as 821. I will create a username called tester and give it a rights to the shared folder. Also make sure no 821 username in my computer. When 821 access my computer, you will be prompted for a username and password. Type tester and password.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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> "vietboi821" <vietboi821@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1B5E7B7F-CE02-4FBB-B9F4-DF38C4662B8C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
> My friends and i have setup up a small workgroup (3 of us - all have XP
> Pro), and all we want to do is to be able to share files. Obviously this is
> very simple, we have our shared folders set up so that network users are not
> allowed to change the files. What we would like to be able to do is when you
> click on one of the three computers you would have to input a user/password
> in order to browse the shared files. If it is possible to do this without
> any third party software that would be fantastic, thank you
.

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