Outsiders accessing a personal C:\ Drive.

At work yesterday, I received an Email from another
employee stating that he and anyone else had access to
the hard drive on my desktop. We use a network and have
personal and common drives there, but I was not aware the
my desktop could be accessed. Our network supervisor
gave me directions to check a block for sharing that
would prevent that. At work we have Windows 2000 but I
have XP at home and don't know how to check to make sure
that noone can get on my drive. Any help will be
appreciated.

Gary

"Gary Stillwell" wrote:

At work yesterday, I received an Email from another
employee stating that he and anyone else had access to
the hard drive on my desktop. We use a network and have
personal and common drives there, but I was not aware the
my desktop could be accessed. Our network supervisor
gave me directions to check a block for sharing that
would prevent that. At work we have Windows 2000 but I
have XP at home and don't know how to check to make sure
that noone can get on my drive. Any help will be
appreciated.

Gary

Open Control Panel - Network connections.
Right click on the icon for your connection, select Properties and go to
the Advanced tab.
Make sure the Firewall is activated.

That will stop intruders from getting into your system via the Internet.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."