Mainter Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 (edited) i have windows xp home edtion sp2 and i want to put password protection on folders that i am sharing across my home network so only 1 other computer can access them using a password how do i set this up ? Edited February 19, 2006 by Mainter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chappy Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Right click the folder and select Properties, then the Sharing tab. Put a check in the "Make this folder private" box.If you currently have a password for your user account present, the password will automatically be set to that password, if you don't then it will ask you to setup a password. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blaci Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 And under win XP Professional?The check box "Make this folder private" is not active.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 And under win XP Professional?The check box "Make this folder private" is not active....if it's grey out ( not active) then that means it's already set to private. it would be active if you were sharing it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blaci Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 whatever i do it still remain inactiveive have 4 partitions and 1 of them is shared,the other 3 is invisible from another computer over lan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 are you wanting the other 3 visible to the other computer? This is why I don't agree with partioning Hard drives, it's more complicated then it's worth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blaci Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 No I just want share 1 partition and protect with password.Sharing is ok but i dont want to anibody have acess without password... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blaci Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 I found this on some win.help site and will try...Probably the most frustrating omission in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition is that there's no way to add a password to a shared folder, which means you can't restrict individual access to the folder. Anyone with a valid user name and password can access every share on the PC. We can't fix that problem, but we have found a simple workaround that lets you prevent outsiders from accessing your shared folders.Here's the idea: If you don't have a valid user name and password, you can access a shared folder only as a Guest. Password-protect the Guest account and you thwart unwanted access. Here's how—in six easy steps:Log on as Administrator. Go to Settings | Control Panel | User Accounts, and click on Guest Account to make sure it is turned on. Go to Start | Run, type cmd, and hit Enter. At the prompt, type Net user guest password and hit Enter. Go back to User Accounts and click on the Guest account. Note that you can now add a password (see the screen). Do so and reboot. From now on, any attempt to log on to shared folders from the Guest account will require the Guest password for access—even if the Guest account is turned off! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 i'd say you found your answer. They are correct, with the fact that Windows XP home will not password protect a shared folder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainter Posted March 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 sorry i got it thanks for the help guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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