how to set up login on XP Pro

[associates]

Hi,

I was wondering if i can perform login on windows XP Pro. Let me explain to you what i really mean by that. I have a small network in my office with a small number of staffs (6 people) too.

What I'd really like to do is to be able to let certain folders be shared with certain levels of permissions like file sharing. Also when, if possible, someone clicks on a particular shared folders, they would be prompted for username and password before they are allowed to view files inside it. Unsure if this is feasible with XP Pro? I heard you can do this with windows server 2000 or windows 2000 but they are too costly.

Also, is there a step by step instruction that i can follow as to show me how to set file sharing permission on XP Pro?

Thank you in advance and look forward to hearing from you

[yahooadam]

im not sure how you do it but XP pro is upgraded windows 2000

if you find a guide for that it should be similar

networks / domains / file servers
have often pissed me off in the past and i still dont understand how to make a good working domain ...

Sorry i cant help much ...

[stlouis1]

disable simple file sharing in xp pro's folder options and its the same as windows 2000. if you're running a workgroup (network in case your dumb) you would need to have identical user accounts on each machine, that means the user names and passwords for these accounts have to match on each machine. so if one user changes the password, that a$$hole is now out of sync n killed his access to any ressource on the other machines, cuz that's how you set the permissions. otherwise on a domain, well, 1 logon works for each machine and no need to clone accounts all over

figure it out, just cuz i got a mcsa, dont make me a teacher

[Dude]

First disable simple file sharing. Next setup shared folders with the files you want to share, then change the permissions on the folders. Add the users you want to be able to access that folder and then remove the all users entry. You can set the permissions separately for each user account added to that folder. You can set it up so a certain user can only view the documents and another can modify them or delete them.

EDIT: You don't want to give every body the same user name and password for the above to work. Also if the user accounts don't exist on the PC with the shared folder, that user will be prompted for there user name and password when they try to access that folder from another PC. If you duplicate there user account on that PC they won't be prompted for any password to the folder.