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08-01-2007
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| | Public Folder v Sharing If i put things in the public folder does it double the amount of files on my PC? eg. i copy all my music files to public 20gb then becomes 40gb of music or does it simply point to the location of the music files? i want to share with 2 other computers on the network but neither have an account on the master computer. can i allow them access to shared folders if they are not an account holder on the main computer? steve. |
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08-02-2007
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| | RE: Public Folder v Sharing They don't have to have a user account on the main computer. You are only using a Local Area Network But can't help without more info. You don't say what OS the computers are running, Vista or Vista/XP combination "Rat_uk" wrote: > If i put things in the public folder does it double the amount of files on > my PC? > > eg. i copy all my music files to public 20gb then becomes 40gb of music or > does it simply point to the location of the music files? > > > i want to share with 2 other computers on the network but neither have an > account on the master computer. can i allow them access to shared folders if > they are not an account holder on the main computer? > > steve. > > > > > > |
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08-02-2007
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| | Re: Public Folder v Sharing one is xp the others are vista "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A39110F3-A70F-42AD-823D-F960DD69CA86@microsoft.com... > They don't have to have a user account on the main computer. You are only > using a Local Area Network > > But can't help without more info. > > You don't say what OS the computers are running, Vista or Vista/XP > combination > > "Rat_uk" wrote: > >> If i put things in the public folder does it double the amount of files >> on >> my PC? >> >> eg. i copy all my music files to public 20gb then becomes 40gb of music >> or >> does it simply point to the location of the music files? >> >> >> i want to share with 2 other computers on the network but neither have an >> account on the master computer. can i allow them access to shared folders >> if >> they are not an account holder on the main computer? >> >> steve. >> >> >> >> >> >> |
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08-03-2007
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| | Re: Public Folder v Sharing http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx The above link is all about file and printer sharing in Vista; direct from the horse's mouth, microsoft! Hope it helps! "Rat_uk" wrote: > one is xp the others are vista > "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A39110F3-A70F-42AD-823D-F960DD69CA86@microsoft.com... > > They don't have to have a user account on the main computer. You are only > > using a Local Area Network > > > > But can't help without more info. > > > > You don't say what OS the computers are running, Vista or Vista/XP > > combination > > > > "Rat_uk" wrote: > > > >> If i put things in the public folder does it double the amount of files > >> on > >> my PC? > >> > >> eg. i copy all my music files to public 20gb then becomes 40gb of music > >> or > >> does it simply point to the location of the music files? > >> > >> > >> i want to share with 2 other computers on the network but neither have an > >> account on the master computer. can i allow them access to shared folders > >> if > >> they are not an account holder on the main computer? > >> > >> steve. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > |
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