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  • File Sharing – Windows Vista Tips


    INFORMATION:

    This article will show you how to share files in Windows Vista 


    1) At first, I would assume you already enabled File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks on your network adapter’s properties.


    2) Then, you also need to turn on the file sharing types that you need in Network and Sharing Center.
    Simple File Sharing – Turn on File sharing only.
    Password Protected File Sharing – Turn on File sharing and Password protected sharing.

    3) Now we are going to do advanced Vista file sharing! Locate the folder that you plan to share, right click that folder and click on Properties. In this case, I’m going to share folder Files.

    4) Folder properties window will appear, then click Advanced Sharing

    5) Advanced Sharing window will appear, tick Share this folder. You can also limit the number of simultaneous users to access this folder, rename this shared folder and add comments. Finally click Permissions.
    Note: Please note even you already did sharing on the folder before and it works, you would find out Share this folder is not ticked. It’s ok, don’t be confused, you only tick Share this folder if you need to use advanced file sharing features.

    6) Then, add the users that you want to share file with in Folder Permissions window. By default, the Everyone group has Read permissions. I also added user Nicola to have Read and Change permission. Click Apply at last.
    Note: Add Everyone or Guest if you enabled simple file sharing only.

    7) Back to Advanced Sharing window, click on the Caching button this time. Offline Settings window will appear, here is the place you can set whether the shared folders/files will be available offline. The default setting is Only the files and program that users specify will be available offline. Click OK at last.
    Note: Click on How do offline files work link to learn more about this offline feature.

    8) Back to the Advanced Sharing window, click Apply to make final change. As usual after the sharing, you will see 2 people appear at the bottom of your shared folder. You have completed doing advanced Vista file sharing.

    Note: If you check on Advanced Sharing window again, you can actually click Add to create new share condition with different name, description, allowed simultaneous users and permissions. After that, you will have different share profiles for you to select in different situations for this Vista file sharing.

    Note: Please right click that shared folder and click on Properties, then go to Sharing tab. Check the group or user names that are allowed to access this folder, and make sure the user/group that you allowed to access during sharing process is listed here as well, if not click Edit to add those missing user/group. Please note Everyone will allow everybody to access this folder.
    If the specific user/group you allowed during sharing process does not match the user/group listed here, the user will get prompt saying that you might not have permission to use this network resource when try to access this shared folder from other computer. Try and test some different settings, then you will know which one will work.

  • File Sharing – Windows 7 Tips

    Simple File Sharing in Windows 7



    Simple file sharing in Windows 7 is pretty easy and common to be used to share file/folder with other users that use Windows XP, Vista or 7 in same workgroup. Due to other users are allowed to access the shared file/folder without doing authentication with username and password, and so we call it simple file sharing.

    However please don’t enable this simple file sharing when your computer is connected to public network (at library, airport, restaurant, etc), because the other public users can also access the shared file/folder without authentication after you have enabled it. It’s not safe!
    1) First you need to confirm that you have enabled file and printer sharing on network card. Let’s do a quick check. Go to Start and click on Control Panel. Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.
    2) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, after that click change adapter settings.
    3) Network Connections window will appear. Here you can right click on the network adapter (can be wireless adapter or wired Ethernet adapter) that you are using and click Properties.

    4) Your network card’s properties window will appear, then tick File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks if it’s not tick, finally click OK.

    5) Let’s move back to Network and Sharing Center window, make sure you have selected the appropriate network location type before enabling file sharing, mostly home network or work network type. In this case, my network location type is home network.
    Note: I would also advise you to set the same Workgroup for all computers on the same network in order to ease the file sharing.
    Note: You are also advised to enable network discovery too, so your computer can discover and locate other computers.


    6) Now you can proceed to click on Change advanced sharing settings.


    7) Here you need to locate your current set profile (home or network in this case), and turn on/off following settings. Click on Save changes at last.
    Turn on file and printer sharing
    Turn off password protected sharing


    8) Ok! Let’s start to enable file sharing in Windows 7, right click the file or folder you plan to share, select Share with and click on Specific people
    Note: If you don’t see the Share with menu, you might be trying to share an item on a network or other unsupported location. It also won’t appear when you select files outside your personal folder.

    9) File Sharing window will appear, and here you can select or key in the people you would like to share the file/folder with and click Add. In this case, I added user Guest and also set the Read permission level. Finally click Share to do sharing.
    Note: You can set 2 different permission levels for each people you selected:
    Read – Can open, but not modify or delete the file.
    Read/Write – Can open, modify, or delete the file.

    10) The next window will tell you that your file/folder is shared, click Done to close the window. Basically you have done file sharing in windows 7.

    11) You will notice there is no change on the shared file/folder icon, but if you right click the shared folder and click on Properties. Then go to Sharing tab, it will show that folder is shared. Ok. That folder and content can be accessed from other computers now by referring to that network path. Remember to disable this file sharing after completing your tasks!

    Note: If you just shared a file, right click the file and click on Properties and go to Details tab, it will show you the users that the file shared with.

    Note: You should also click on Security tab. Check the group or user names that are allowed to access this file/folder, and make sure the user/group that you allowed to access during sharing process just now is listed here as well (usually will be added automatically when you do file/folder sharing), if not click Edit to add those missing user/group.
    If the specific user/group you allowed during sharing process does not match the user/group listed here, the missing user might not be able to see that shared file/folder at all! Or the user will get prompt saying that you might not have permission to use this network resource when try to access this shared file/folder from other computer.


  • Disable File Sharing – Windows 7 Tips

    How to Disable File Sharing in Windows 7

    You have shared a few files on your Windows 7 system and now due to some reason you want to disable the share. This article will help you do exactly that.




    Disable All File Sharing:
    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.


    2) Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.
    3) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, proceed to click Change advanced sharing settings.

    4) You will be shown Advanced sharing settings window, here you need to locate your current set profile, and turn off following file sharing settings. Click on Save changes at last. That’s it.
    Turn off file and printer sharing
    Turn off Public folder sharing (people logged on to this computer can still access these folders)
    Turn off password protected sharing
    Turn off media streaming


    Turn Off File Sharing on Specific File/Folder Only:
    1) If you just need to turn off file sharing on specific file/folder, just right click that shared file or folder and select Share with and finally click on Nobody.

    Note: After disabling sharing on the folder, if you find out the folder’s properties is still shown shared (because parent folder is still shared). Don’t worry! The files in the folder are not shared anymore. If you don’t believe, test to access from other computers or check the sharing status of file’s properties (detailed tab).