OT: WinXP sharing question

I download shitloads of p*rn using this XP computer and rely on my storing it in places where even I will forget about where it is then every so often I go and stick it on a CD and stick it in a cupboard.

So, basically speaking, using XP... What you have to do if you do if you want to not share stuff is store it on your hard drive and if you want to share it you put it on a CD and stick it in a cupboard.

DNA

There should be another file attribute bit, like "Read Only" and "Hidden" and "Archive": the "Porn" bit.

John

Win XP is not a secure system. Have you tried putting links to the files to be shared in one folder and sharing that?

Have you ever tried to right-click something? 4th option

Put those folders in the "Shared Documents" folder and allow sharing. Everthing else is hidden from other computers.

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

IT is secure. You can share one single folder and all sub folders with out sharing the others. Right click on the folder, select properties and head to the sharing and security tabs.

John Larkin a écrit :

Bite would be more appropriate here.

You are thinking *nix. Under Winblows, the "shortcut" is all you have. They are a weak link. They specify the path of the real file which must be accessed. They don't act like real files as under *nix.

Make that "Public" or "SharedDocuments" and I'd be happier. Directory names with spaces in them are bothersome.

"Shared Documents" is the default folder name on XP. The folder exists in a standard install of XP, and it is what it looks for on other computers on the network.

Geez, you guys waste disk space storing p*rn? Haven't you ever heard of news:alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.* ?

Cheers! Rich

If it's so great, what the hell is Windows Server 2003 about?

If it's so secure, what happens when two or more people have accounts on a single PC?

Have not tried anything yet..trying to find out what is the proper or preferred method. The idea of sharing the folder is OK, but are the contents of all subfolders then also automatically shared?

That is exactly what i thought, but i have been getting "opinions" that include "one must also share the drive / root". I think that would result in *everything* being shared, and so contrary to what was desired.

...then "properties" then ... Too bad you left a lot to the imagination and said nothing about subfolders being shared...

Seems a little unwieldy; each computer has the same-named folder and some may have this and others may have that - the result is ?what? Naturally, i do not know how all of those drive "C:\\"s look like either...

Better being rich but drunk than drunk but rich?

Excelent questions; (1) do they relate to my question, and (2) have any answers to mine or yours?

Try it, It does work. You open "My Network Places", then "Entire Network", "Microsoft Windows Network" followed by whatever you name your network. It lists the "Shared Documents" folders by the computer's description and name.

I currently have three XP computers on the network, along with a Windows 2000 and a Windows ME system. Only one computer is password protected, because the folder is full of utility software that can trash a computer, if you don't know how to use it. When I am repairing a computer I just log in and download the programs I need. Most of the time this is done with a US Robotics USB wireless network adapter