Security w/XP Home ??

[inovermyhead]

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I'd like to share resources on a peer-to-peer (wireless) network but - is
there no way to assign a password to a shared drive or folder? Or maybe
assign permissions for certain folders to certain users?

Is it all-or-nothing with sharing in XP Home?

Might there be a 3rd party software security solution?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bob

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

In XP Home, all network access is authenticated as the Guest user account. Simple File Sharing cannot be disabled in XP Home. If you want document/files shared, put them in the Shared Documents folder.

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"InOverMyHead" <bbart@nospam.ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:ui3T0X$cEHA.3476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I'd like to share resources on a peer-to-peer (wireless) network but - is
> there no way to assign a password to a shared drive or folder? Or maybe
> assign permissions for certain folders to certain users?
>
> Is it all-or-nothing with sharing in XP Home?
>
> Might there be a 3rd party software security solution?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Bob
>
>
>