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Sharing Windows and Program Files folders
I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not just
those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network which comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer). Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've done that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders. Any ideas on how I can do this? PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we should operate increasingly frustrating!! -- Lindsay Graham Canberra, Australia ----------------------------------- Please reply via the newsgroup/mailing list, so that all may benefit from the discussion. |
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Lindsay Graham wrote:
I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not just those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network which comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer). Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've done that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders. Any ideas on how I can do this? PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we should operate increasingly frustrating!! This is by design. Try creating a folder on the root of one of your hard drives (C: if you only have one hard drive) and share it. Now make a shortcut to it on your desktop. Your wife can save files there. It would be extremely foolish to share Program Files and/or the Windows folder. That is just asking for trouble. As for your "PS", there are other operating systems. Try one. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Malke wrote:
As for your "PS", there are other operating systems. Try one. Which tend to be even MORE security-conscious! |
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Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I
gave. I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail. Does anyone have a solution that will enable this to be done? -- Lindsay Graham Canberra, Australia ----------------------------------- Please reply via the newsgroup/mailing list, so that all may benefit from the discussion. "Malke" wrote in message ... Lindsay Graham wrote: I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not just those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network which comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer). Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've done that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders. Any ideas on how I can do this? PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we should operate increasingly frustrating!! This is by design. Try creating a folder on the root of one of your hard drives (C: if you only have one hard drive) and share it. Now make a shortcut to it on your desktop. Your wife can save files there. It would be extremely foolish to share Program Files and/or the Windows folder. That is just asking for trouble. As for your "PS", there are other operating systems. Try one. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Lindsay Graham wrote:
Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I gave. I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail. There's absolutely NO point in sharing the Program Files folder OR the Windows folder - you can't DO anything with them, or with files within them over the network. |
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If you find the constraints of XP Home a bit much, then consider XP
Pro SP2. It has much better file sharing. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.html Tasmania On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:10 +1000, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "Lindsay Graham" wrote: I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not just those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network which comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer). Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've done that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders. Any ideas on how I can do this? PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we should operate increasingly frustrating!! |
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I don't know if this will work with win9x machines or just XP. Use the c$
hidden administrative share. You need to use the same account and password as on the machine you want to access. The account must be an administrator account. In other words your wife must log on to her machine with your account and password. She could then access your machine through the following share \\computername\c$ Win9x doesn't have administrative shares so it won't work for an XP machine to access a win9x machine but as you say you can already do that. I'm not sure if a win9x machine can authenticate properly to a XP machine for this to work but it's worth a try. -- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User Lindsay Graham wrote: Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I gave. I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail. Does anyone have a solution that will enable this to be done? "Malke" wrote in message ... Lindsay Graham wrote: I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not just those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network which comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer). Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've done that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders. Any ideas on how I can do this? PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we should operate increasingly frustrating!! This is by design. Try creating a folder on the root of one of your hard drives (C: if you only have one hard drive) and share it. Now make a shortcut to it on your desktop. Your wife can save files there. It would be extremely foolish to share Program Files and/or the Windows folder. That is just asking for trouble. As for your "PS", there are other operating systems. Try one. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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I missed the fact that you have XP Home. This won't work with Home.
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User Kerry Brown wrote: I don't know if this will work with win9x machines or just XP. Use the c$ hidden administrative share. You need to use the same account and password as on the machine you want to access. The account must be an administrator account. In other words your wife must log on to her machine with your account and password. She could then access your machine through the following share \\computername\c$ Win9x doesn't have administrative shares so it won't work for an XP machine to access a win9x machine but as you say you can already do that. I'm not sure if a win9x machine can authenticate properly to a XP machine for this to work but it's worth a try. Lindsay Graham wrote: Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I gave. I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail. Does anyone have a solution that will enable this to be done? "Malke" wrote in message ... Lindsay Graham wrote: I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not just those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network which comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer). Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've done that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders. Any ideas on how I can do this? PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we should operate increasingly frustrating!! This is by design. Try creating a folder on the root of one of your hard drives (C: if you only have one hard drive) and share it. Now make a shortcut to it on your desktop. Your wife can save files there. It would be extremely foolish to share Program Files and/or the Windows folder. That is just asking for trouble. As for your "PS", there are other operating systems. Try one. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Lindsay Graham wrote:
Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I gave. I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail. Does anyone have a solution that will enable this to be done? Solutions: 1. You cannot share the Program Files or Windows folders in XP Home. Be creative and make shares as suggested in my previous post. 2. Upgrade to XP Pro. It is still foolish to share Program Files and/or the Windows folder. You can't do anything with the Program Files (ex. run a program on your wife's machine that is installed on your machine) and one mistake deleting or changing a file in Windows and you've hosed your system - stupid. 3. Use a different non-MS operating system. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Read my lips, Gordon -- regardless of what you may think, there IS point in
sharing in my situation and that IS what I want to do. And I CAN DO the things that I want to do, if I can share the folders. Why assume that everyone has the same needs, or lack of them, as you do? -- Lindsay Graham Canberra, Australia ----------------------------------- Please reply via the newsgroup/mailing list, so that all may benefit from the discussion. "Gordon" wrote in message ... Lindsay Graham wrote: Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I gave. I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail. There's absolutely NO point in sharing the Program Files folder OR the Windows folder - you can't DO anything with them, or with files within them over the network. |
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I don't want to confuse this situation any further but following is my story
and it sounds a lot like the one mentioned in this post. By the way I have XP Pro on both laptops and I don't want to share Windows or Program files. Someone please help me: I have worked on this prolbem for days with no success. This is the situation. I have two laptops running Windows XP Professional service pack 2. I have "simple file sharing" set on in both computers. I have the "C" drive selected for Network sharing in both computers. I have checked "Allow network users to change my files" in both computers I can see and I can access the C drives on both computers I can see each others all files and folders on both computers I can access all files and folders on ONE computer but can only access some files and folders on the other computer When access isn't successful I get the following message: "Alan Edwards" wrote: If you find the constraints of XP Home a bit much, then consider XP Pro SP2. It has much better file sharing. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.html Tasmania On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:10 +1000, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "Lindsay Graham" wrote: I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not just those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network which comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer). Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've done that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders. Any ideas on how I can do this? PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we should operate increasingly frustrating!! |
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Toni wrote:
I don't want to confuse this situation any further but following is my story and it sounds a lot like the one mentioned in this post. By the way I have XP Pro on both laptops and I don't want to share Windows or Program files. Someone please help me: (snip) Don't tack your question onto someone else's post, even if you think the problem is similar. Doing this is called "hijacking a thread" and isn't a good idea because it prevents both parties - you and the original poster - from getting good help. Many regular helpers (like me) will simply stop reading a post after seeing "I have the same problem" or similar wording. Make a new post with your problem, including all pertinent information. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Gordon wrote:
Lindsay Graham wrote: Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I gave. I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail. There's absolutely NO point in sharing the Program Files folder OR the Windows folder - you can't DO anything with them, or with files within them over the network. Although the \Windows folder itself is unlikely to have anything needed by another computer on the network, a subfolder beneath \Windows might. For example, another computer might want to copy a font in \Windows\Fonts. Similarly, a subfolder of \Program Files might have data files or configuration files within it, and that too might be useful to a user on another computer on the network running the same application. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Thank you for that advice.
"Malke" wrote: Toni wrote: I don't want to confuse this situation any further but following is my story and it sounds a lot like the one mentioned in this post. By the way I have XP Pro on both laptops and I don't want to share Windows or Program files. Someone please help me: (snip) Don't tack your question onto someone else's post, even if you think the problem is similar. Doing this is called "hijacking a thread" and isn't a good idea because it prevents both parties - you and the original poster - from getting good help. Many regular helpers (like me) will simply stop reading a post after seeing "I have the same problem" or similar wording. Make a new post with your problem, including all pertinent information. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Lindsay Graham wrote:
Read my lips, Gordon -- regardless of what you may think, there IS point in sharing in my situation And re-read what I posted - YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING OVER THE NETWORK IN EITHER THE PROGRAMS FOLDER OR THE WINDOWS FOLDER so what is the point of sharing them? |
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