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08-16-2008
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| | Sharing a file among users on my Vista box I am attempting to share a file among users on my system. The system is a dual core intel Vista box with 3.3Gig RAM and 460Gig HDD. What happens is...not much! The little cyclops eye scans back and forth for half an hour and it STILL isn't complete. Is this usual? What am I doing wrong? |
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08-16-2008
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| | Re: Sharing a file among users on my Vista box Steve Turner wrote: Quote: > I am attempting to share a file among users on my system. The system is a > dual core intel Vista box with 3.3Gig RAM and 460Gig HDD. What happens > is...not much! The little cyclops eye scans back and forth for half an > hour and it STILL isn't complete. Is this usual? What am I doing wrong? 1. What exactly "share a file" means. Let others have access to it? Have everyone access it at the same time (normally not possible)? Etc. 2. Where the file is located; i.e., C:\Users\your-user\Documents. 3. Details of the file. What is it? 4. What happens "not much" when? When you or the other users do what? Without any specifics, all I can suggest is if you mean you want all users on the box to have access to the file, like it is a music file and everyone can listen separately, just put it in Public. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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08-18-2008
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| | Re: Sharing a file among users on my Vista box "Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23SakuR6$IHA.4776@xxxxxx Quote: > Steve Turner wrote: > Quote: >> I am attempting to share a file among users on my system. The system is a >> dual core intel Vista box with 3.3Gig RAM and 460Gig HDD. What happens >> is...not much! The little cyclops eye scans back and forth for half an >> hour and it STILL isn't complete. Is this usual? What am I doing wrong? > It's hard to answer your question because you forgot to tell us: > > 1. What exactly "share a file" means. Let others have access to it? Have > everyone access it at the same time (normally not possible)? Etc. logged on. Quote: > 2. Where the file is located; i.e., C:\Users\your-user\Documents. Quote: > 3. Details of the file. What is it? Quote: > 4. What happens "not much" when? When you or the other users do what? an hour and still the sharing doesn't happen. What I did was I went into User1's account (mine) who is an Admin and right clicked and "shared" it. I never got any further. Just that grinding and then I aborted it. Quote: > Without any specifics, all I can suggest is if you mean you want all users > on the box to have access to the file, like it is a music file and > everyone > can listen separately, just put it in Public. someone else suggested. I put it in the Public folders folder. I just wanted to get the sharing approach done though, as my understanding. Quote: > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > |
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08-18-2008
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| | Re: Sharing a file among users on my Vista box Steve Turner wrote: Quote: > "Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23SakuR6$IHA.4776@xxxxxx Quote: >> Steve Turner wrote: >> Quote: >>> I am attempting to share a file among users on my system. The system is >>> a dual core intel Vista box with 3.3Gig RAM and 460Gig HDD. What happens >>> is...not much! The little cyclops eye scans back and forth for half an >>> hour and it STILL isn't complete. Is this usual? What am I doing wrong? >> It's hard to answer your question because you forgot to tell us: >> >> 1. What exactly "share a file" means. Let others have access to it? Have >> everyone access it at the same time (normally not possible)? Etc. > ANSWER: Give another user on the computer access to it when both users are > logged on. > Quote: >> 2. Where the file is located; i.e., C:\Users\your-user\Documents. > ANSWER: Exactly. It's a Word document I want us both to be able to work > on. > Quote: >> 3. Details of the file. What is it? > ANSWER: See above. > Quote: >> 4. What happens "not much" when? When you or the other users do what? > ANSWER: Well, see...the computer just grinds away and that goes on for > half an hour and still the sharing doesn't happen. What I did was I went > into User1's account (mine) who is an Admin and right clicked and "shared" > it. I never got any further. Just that grinding and then I aborted it. > Quote: >> Without any specifics, all I can suggest is if you mean you want all >> users on the box to have access to the file, like it is a music file and >> everyone >> can listen separately, just put it in Public. > ANSWER: I hope my answers have clarified. In the end I did exactly what > someone else suggested. I put it in the Public folders folder. I just > wanted to get the sharing approach done though, as my understanding. Public directory is exactly the solution to your problem, as I and others suggested. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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