simple file sharing with passwords -- possible? Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:22 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mike Nolan (3 messages posted) I have a set of five computers in the same workgroup and one computer has a shared folder on it, which the other four map to as "Z:". Trouble is, other computers on the larger network can all access this share. Is there any way to set a password on the folder? I have researched this, and the trouble seems to be that the "server" (the computer with the shared folder) is running XP Home rather than Pro. I just want to make it so that only the four computers in the workgroup have access to the folder. Whether that means 1) requiring a password to access the workgroup, 2) manually adding those four computers to some kind of "access list", or 3) having a password on the folder like I said. Is there ANY way to do this? Creative solutions welcome. Thanks so much; I can't seem to find a solution. - Mike Responses to this message: re: simple file sharing with passwords -- possible? (Steve: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 7:38 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] simple file sharing with passwords -- possible? (Mike Nolan: Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 12:22 pm) re: simple file sharing with passwords -- possible? (Steve: Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 7:38 pm) re: simple file sharing with passwords -- possible? (Mike Nolan: Fri, Mar 12, 2010, 4:07 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum