12-18-2004, 11:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: FL
Posts: 1,154
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Originally posted by lil2rich4u2
i think you did it!
now on my laptop i went to "my network places" and searched for computer name, and typed in my desktop name. it came up so i double clicked it and there was my shared folder!!
now 3 questions:
1. when i accessed my desktop from my laptop it did not ask for a login/pass at all, it just connected! I checked security and it says firewall is on and will not allow outisde sources to connect. So does this all sound right? or can anyone who guesses my pc name log in?
As long as you have a firewall in place the outside world should not be able to get to your files. If you are using the routers DHCP it most likely gave your computers private IP addresses that are not accessable to an outside computer. Something like 192.168.1.###. This range is not public.
2. is there a way to share my IE favorites folder?
Any folder is shareable, but if you are wanting to have your favorites listed in both computers favorites menu then I am not the one to ask as I do not use IE much.
3. when i right click on a folder and set it to be shared, it seams to be coppying all of its contents into my shared folder. is there a way i can just put shortcuts to folders so i dont eat up all that disk space?
On my XP box when I add a share it does not copy them to another folder. It does change the permissions of all the files in the folder but does not copy them.
Sorry I could only really help with the one.
thanks so much, you guys made this task a peice of cake!
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