Unable to Share C Drive in Home Network ( 2 Views )

1. I have 2 computers I am networking together. Both are on a wireless network and using XP Pro with SP1. I can see box 1's C drive in box 2, but when I click on it, it says I don't have rights for it. I am trying to set it up so I can read/write box 1 from box 2, but would like to have it protected by a password in order to write it. Again, my problem now is that I can't open the C drive even though I can see it and open the shared files. I did shut off the "simple file sharing" on box 1 so I could share the C.
   
   Can someone please help me to get this going? Thanks.
   
   
   (serhat, Cuba)


2. You want identicle accounts on each computer, so they can authenticate comparing local user accounts.
   
   Meaning, if you log onto computer 1 as username "Ira" with a password of "banana"...then add that same user/password to the local users of Computer 2. And visa versa.
   
   Now, I'll insert the appropriate warning of "On Windows NT systems, never ever share out the entire %system% partition, or the Windows directory, or Program Files. Tis better to create a folder like "Stuff" or whatever, and share that out. Or share out the My Documents directory, or a second hard drive.
   
   And it'd be a good idea to follow "safe and responsible computing" by running windows updates, getting SP2 and others on there.
   
   
   (aydagül, Malaysia)

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