How can I prevent folder sharing in Windows XP?
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on a personal computer, just make it private, right click, there should be something of the sort there
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i believe there is a feature with xp in the start menu called file transfer wizard if you want to keep all your settings etc that may help you
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•Open My Computer \n•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer). \n•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive. \n•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder. \n•Double-click your user folder. \n•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties. \n•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
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This is a difficult one. I am going to assume that you are using XP professional and that you may be a student using a computer in a lab or some one working at a major company with large network and IT budget, or some one like a parent/sibling is trying to stop you from changing settings there in folder options.\n\nIn XP there is a program called Group policy editor and one of the things you can disable with it is the folder options menu. If the account you are logged in with is not an administrative account you might be lost already. If you are logged in with an account htat has administrative priovelages then goto START and then RUN.\n\ntype in GPEDIT.MSC. if you see a message about access denied then your'e out of luck. A setting in Group policy editor can be set to dissallow the use of group policy editor.\n\nIf you can get into group policy editor then you are moments away from that FOLDER OPTIONS menu.\n\nGo into GPEDIT using the instructions above (Start > run etc)\n\nExpand user configuration by click on the + sign next to it(if it's a minus just leave it). Now expand ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES and the Expand WINDOWS COMPONENTS and the WINDOWS EXPLORER. click on the WINDOWS EXPLORER folder. See there are many settings.\n\nRIGHT click on REMOVES THE FOLDER OPTIONS MENU ITEM FROM THE TOOLS MENU and select PROPERTIES.\n\nClick the option box DISABLED and then click APPLY(just in case) and then OK.then goto FILE and EXIT. Restart your PC and it should be there.
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If you are using windows XP home edition i think you are completely @ss'ed out and the only way to really keep someone out would be to completely disable filesharing as stated above.  However, if you are using Windows XP Pro, you have an option to enable specific access right to users.   Ideally you could give you family a specific account with password and give them the appropriate access right you want and set it as unavailable for any other account trying to acess the data. \n\nTo do this  Open any folder, click on Tools| folder options | scroll all the way to the bottom and it should give u an option to enable easy file sharing.  You want to disable that.  Hit apply and okay.  Now go back and right click on whatever folders you want to share and it will allow you to set those access privs. i was talking about earler. \n\n\nhope this helps...
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You can't do it exactly as you describe, but there is a way to block people.\n\nThe easiet thing to do is to block access to the entire computer.  Do this by creating user names and passwords in control panel.  This way only certain people are allowed to use the computer.\n\nYou can use the above method to block some users from running certain programs, but it is more complex.  In Windows Explorer (not IE), you can set security options on files and folders.  On my computer, IE is in the directory "C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Internet Explorer".  You can set the security options to allow access only to certain users.\n\nIf you do the file security method, you should create a security group called something like "IeUsers" and allow that group access to the directory.  You then give certain users access to the program by making their user ID members of the "IeUsers" group.\n\nI don't recall if XP home allows detailed security settings.  If not, you will have to be satisfied with blocking them completely from the computer.  XP professional does allow the detailed security control.
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Yes, it is.  I'm sorry that I don't know how to tell you exactly how to do this, but since no one else is responding, i'll tell you what i know.\n\nIf you open windows explorer and look at the folders under "My Computer," you'll find a "Shared Documents" folder.  (I have Windows XP.)  Anything you put in there is available to other computers on the network.\n\nAlso in Windows Explorer, you can right click on any folder and select Properties.  On the Sharing tab, you can make the folder available to others or make it private.  (Again, I'm basing this on Windows XP.)\n\nWell, I guess I did know how to do it!\n\nAdvice: use your system help files to learn more.
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Disable file and printer sharing!
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For this answer, I am assuming that you have Windows XP  on all of the computers. If this is the case, you already have the tools that you need. You must simply enable file/folder sharing on each computer. For example, right click on the folder you wish to share and then in the "Sharing" tab you may choose to share the folder. \n\nIn order to share files/folders, on computers, they must all be in the same workgroup. I have included a link to a tutorial in the sources area for you to check out.\n\nI hope that this has been helpful, happy networking!
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You know what!? I've had some pictures in a folder I din't want to share, and I tried puting a password to it. You right click on the folder and ther eis an option that says security, but you have to give other people a different password to the whole computer to make it work! I think this may be an XP problem, but someone else may know more...\n\n\nGood luck\nJohn
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Go to the System menu.\nSelect "Administration"\nSelect "Shared Folders"\nSelect your share, and click "Properties"\nDe-select "Read Only"\n\nYou may need to ensure that you have a user set up on the Ubuntu system with the same username you're using on the Windows client.
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This isn't exactly password protecting the folder, but rather denying access to the folder, by anyone except those you want to have access to it. This works on both the same Windows 2000 or XP. \n\nRight click the folder; select properties. \nClick the security tab. \n\nYou'll see a list of users or groups. The ones that are there by default are: \nAdministrators \nCreator/Owner \nPower Users \nSystem \nUsers \n\nElliminate Power Users and Users and Creator/Owner \nIf you use a different user login instead of logging in as administrator, you need to add yourself. \n\nClick on Administrator \nBelow you'll see that Administrators have Full Allow Rights to everything. \nClick on System \nSystem needs to have full allow rights as well and should by default. \nClick your Username. \nYou need to make sure you check all ALLOW boxes for yourself. \n\nIn all above cases, make sure DENY is not checked in any box. \n\n\n-------------------------------------- \nNow the above instructions apply only if the different users on your computer log in with different user accounts that you set up. If anyone can access your computer under your user name or the administrator name, then they will have access to the folder. No other users will. \n\nIf everyone uses the same username and password to log into your computer, this will obviously not help you. To change this, you would have to change your password for your existing username, and perhaps, if necessary the administrator account, and then assign each of your users user names and passwords. \n\nWith some studying, you'll discover that you you have tremendous control over what your users can and can't do on your computer by using the latter method. \n\nFinal note. To my knowledge, there's no way to actually password protect given directories or files. Just the security restrictions I've described above. If there is, I haven't found it, and I've been playing around with stuff like this for nearly a year and a half now and haven't discovered it yet.
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in the addres bar for ex: type &#92;&#92;pc name&#92;file path&#92; filename.ext. this will work \n\nif this does not work then you have not yet given proper permissions in the security tab next to folder sharing tab in the properties of the folder. \n\nplease check and correct it
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It seems to me that the best way to protect files and folders is to make them private and only accessible on your account. This means that if you do not have an account, you need to create one with a password. Or if you have one but no password, add a password. \n\nTo make a folder private so that only you can view its contents, right click the folder or file and select "properties." Under the "sharing" tab, check the box that says "Make this folder private." These are instructions for Windows XP, so the process will differ if you have another OS, but should be similar with another version of windows.
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you need to set up windows to share files..use the connection wizard in control panel.
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Folders on your computer can be hidden and password protected. They can be encrypted with programs so others can't access them with out the password.\n\nDo a search for encryption programs. Below are some free ones.
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Normally, only the "Shared Documents" folder can be accessed by other computers on the network.\nBut since you want to be sure\nDo the network setup again\nWhen asked "File and printer sharing", check the "Off" button.\n\nOR (I recommend)\nJust right-click on the files or folders you want to be not-shared, go to "Properties", click on the "Sharing" tab at the top and make sure the "Share this folder" button is not checked, if it is then uncheck it. Also see if you can turn off the "Allow network users to change/alter my files" button.\nYou sound smart (Probably a doc. right?) You should be able to do it.\nIf there are files which you want to share. Then right-click on them and check the "Share folder/File" button