Install and share a common printer (from Project 4).
Step 2: Set Up Advanced File Sharing
In our file sharing project, Project 3, we could only share or not share folders, and
any user who could access the shared folder could do everything??”read, write, and
delete??”which perhaps is more control than you would like some users to have for
most files. Advanced file sharing, or not Simple File Sharing, lets you not only control
who can access a shared folder, but also grant very granular control over any aspect
of file manipulation.
In Windows XP Professional, you simply choose Tools | Folder Options, click the
View tab, deselect Use Simple File Sharing (Default), and click OK to close the dialog
box. You then have access to a Security tab when viewing the Properties dialog box
of a folder??”shared or not.
By design, Windows XP Home Edition does not offer this same ability to turn off
Simple File Sharing and allow you truly granular file and folder access control. That
this feature is omitted by design does not mean that it is not possible to achieve the
same granular control??”you just have to work a little harder to achieve it. (If you have
Windows XP Professional, you can skip to Step 3.)
The work-around is to enable the Security tab of the Customize Permissions dialog
box, and then enable granular folder and file security. There are two methods to
achieve this. The first method to enable the Security tab follows:
Go to ftp://ftp.
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