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File Sharing in Window 2000 Professional

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by blainet

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How do I set Shared files to be viewed on my computer by my coworkers who are running windows 95-98 without having them put in a password everytime they look in the file. I have set up a simple peer-to-peer network in our small office.

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by rmuncy

Right click on the folder you want share, give it share name. Click on the "permissions" button give them access desired, in your case probably "full".

Verify that all the machines are in the same "workgroup" on all machines. Assumes you didn't set up your 2000 machine as a doamin member.

On your Win9x machines, right click on My Computer and "map a drive"; pick a drive letter map to \\win2k-name\folder-name.

That works for me. I don't get any passord requests.

Good luck
Russ M.

by russ werner

Add each of the Win95-98 computers as a user in the 2000 computer user and groups, found under the computer management program. By using their Win95-98 login name and password, they won't have to give the password at a later time. Then on your share, give each of them what ever permissions you want.

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