Re: controlling access to files over network

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 17:11:23 -0500, "Spoon2001" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my desktop
>... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop computer ...
>
>At the same time, I want other users on my home network to have only limited
>access ... to be able to read/write only certain folders/files that I
>choose.
>
>Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>
>thanks

With XP Home, Simple File Sharing, and Guest authentication, all shared
resources are equally accessible to everybody. It's not possible to limit
network access to some resources, to some accounts.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>

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