File Sharing and Map Network Drive

varsang · 02-13-2007, 08:38 PM

I have created a home network with two remote desktops (my two laptops). I have Windows XP Pro running on all the machines. I can access the files from my laptop but I would like to add username and password when connecting to a file. For example, I have a file name "test." If I have give permission to "Computer A" then when accessing the file "test" I want the computer to ask for a username and password. How can I do that?

johnwill · 02-14-2007, 03:48 PM

Well, you can't directly do that with XP, that was the W98 model.

You can create multiple accounts and then setup permissions on files/folders to allow only certain accounts access to them.

02-13-2007, 08:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
varsang Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP Pro	File Sharing and Map Network Drive I have created a home network with two remote desktops (my two laptops). I have Windows XP Pro running on all the machines. I can access the files from my laptop but I would like to add username and password when connecting to a file. For example, I have a file name "test." If I have give permission to "Computer A" then when accessing the file "test" I want the computer to ask for a username and password. How can I do that?

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johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 32,581 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Well, you can't directly do that with XP, that was the W98 model. You can create multiple accounts and then setup permissions on files/folders to allow only certain accounts access to them. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience