Re: Restricting access in XP Home
- From: "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcmaven@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:20:33 -0700
In article <605125A5-B421-4D2F-B136-0B431AB19C7E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jallen <Jallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>Hello All. First post on here. I have a network set up in our apartment, 4
>>>desktops running XP Home and 1 laptop running XP Home. One desktop and
>>>laptop are mine. There are some folders we all want to share with each
>>>other. We are having no problem with that. However, I want to share my 2nd
>>>hard drive on my desktop but only so my laptop can access it. I've been
>>>digging around to try and find a password protection option or restricted
>>>access option and am finding nothing. Can anyone else help me out here?
>>>Thanks in advance!!!
>>
>>Windows XP doesn't have passwords for shared disks and folders, and
>>there's no way to restrict access to shared disks and folders based on
>>which computer wants access.
>>
>>Windows XP Home Edition's normal behavior is to give access to all
>>users on all computers. Here are some [admittedly clumsy] ways that
>>Microsoft provides to control access to a shared disk or folder:
>>
>>1. Create a hidden share and only tell selected people about it. I've
>>written a web page with details:
>>
>> Windows XP Simple File Sharing
>> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm
>>
>>2. Create a compressed folder and define a password for it. Everyone
>>who accesses the folder, from the local computer or from the network,
>>must specify the password to access the files in the compressed
>>folder. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article has details:
>>
>> HOW TO: Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306531
>>
>>I've heard of two other possible solutions, but:
>>
>> o They're un-supported, un-documented, and un-tested by Microsoft.
>> o There's no guarantee that they'll work.
>> o They might cause data loss or corruption.
>> o I haven't tried them, and I don't know whether they're safe.
>>
>>If you want to try them, at your own risk:
>>
>>1. Back up your important data first so that you can restore it in
>>case of problems.
>>
>>2. Run System Restore to create a restore point that you can go back
>>to in case of problems.
>>
>>Here they are:
>>
>>1. Start Windows XP in "Safe Mode with Networking" (which temporarily
>>disables "Simple File Sharing"), share the desired disks or folders,
>>set permissions based on user accounts, and reboot normally, or:
>>
>>2. Follow the procedure shown here:
>>
>>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm
>
>Thanks for the info Steve. I'll probably try those tonight when I get home.
>Got another related question, and that is if anyone knows why this feature is
>not included in Windows XP home. It seems that sharing something on a
>network but not wanting to share it with everyone would be common enough that
>they would provide a way to do it. but once again, thanks for the help.
>
>-Josh
You're welcome, Josh. I don't know what Microsoft was thinking. I
think they just blew it with respect to Home Edition and sharing.
Another possible solution would be to assign static IP addresses to
all of the computers and then configure a firewall program to allow
access from selected addresses and deny access to selected addresses.
--
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