XP Home Network Folder Sharing

Tonk · 09-02-2009, 04:03 PM

I want to share a folder over a home network from my XP Home netbook to my Vista home prem laptop which is no problem and is simple to do however i want to make the folder private so i have to enter a password to access the shared folder this is no problem sharing from vista to xp but i cant work out how to protect sharing from xp to vista...

this is most important because i am very often on other networks such as college networks so i do now want anybody to be able to access my shared folders...

any and all help is apreciated :D

Suncoast · 09-02-2009, 05:17 PM

XP Home does not support password protected shares. You need XP Pro.... Or switch to Linux.

Edit: Home also does not support Remote Desktop, but you can install a VNC Client Server. There is a free version here.

Tonk · 09-02-2009, 05:20 PM

Change of OS isnt rely an option does anybody know any third party software which will allow to to password protect shared folders on a network ??

**2xgrump** · 09-03-2009, 08:05 PM

You may give this s try, there's a trial version that you can download. Pls. let me know, I hope it works.

http://www.folder-password-expert.com/

09-02-2009, 04:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tonk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 133 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit, Windows XP Professional SP3 32bit, Windows XP Home SP3 32bit	XP Home Network Folder Sharing I want to share a folder over a home network from my XP Home netbook to my Vista home prem laptop which is no problem and is simple to do however i want to make the folder private so i have to enter a password to access the shared folder this is no problem sharing from vista to xp but i cant work out how to protect sharing from xp to vista... this is most important because i am very often on other networks such as college networks so i do now want anybody to be able to access my shared folders... any and all help is apreciated :D

09-02-2009, 05:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Suncoast Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Largo, FL, USA Posts: 389 OS: XPP, Linux, 2003, Cisco	Re: XP Home Network Folder Sharing XP Home does not support password protected shares. You need XP Pro.... Or switch to Linux. Edit: Home also does not support Remote Desktop, but you can install a VNC Client Server. There is a free version here. Last edited by Suncoast; 09-02-2009 at 05:21 PM.

09-02-2009, 05:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tonk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 133 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit, Windows XP Professional SP3 32bit, Windows XP Home SP3 32bit	Re: XP Home Network Folder Sharing Change of OS isnt rely an option does anybody know any third party software which will allow to to password protect shared folders on a network ??

09-03-2009, 08:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
2xgrump Mentor Networking Forums Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,004 OS: Vista-sp2/Win2003Server-R2/SBS2003/XP-sp3	Re: XP Home Network Folder Sharing You may give this s try, there's a trial version that you can download. Pls. let me know, I hope it works. http://www.folder-password-expert.com/ __________________ Networking Forums "Peace" RD