Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Require Login


Sometimes, we want to require login before other users on the LAN may access our shared folders and documents.

To do that on Windows XP, we must disable 'Simple File Sharing.' Open Windows Explorer--Start>Run>Explorer, or just open My Computer, or any folder. On the menu, click Tools>Folder Options>View. Scroll down towards the bottom of the drop-down list under Advanced settings. Uncheck the box for "use simple file sharing."

Reboot.

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