Description of File Sharing and Permissions
in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 304040
- Windows XP enables you to share files
and documents with other users on your
computer and other users on a network.
Windows XP introduces a new user interface
(UI) in the Windows XP Home Editions and
Windows XP Professional that is known
as Simple File Sharing, and includes a
new Shared Documents feature. This article
describes the new interfaces that are
introduced in Windows XP and how to enable,
disable, configure, and troubleshoot file
sharing in Windows XP.
HOW TO: Search
for Files and Folders in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 308895
- This article describes how to search
for files or folders on a Windows XP-based
computer.
HOW TO: Audit
User Access of Files, Folders, and Printers
in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 310399
- As an administrator of a Windows XP
Professional-based computer, you can
configure your computer to audit user
access to files, folders and printers.
HOW TO: Take
Ownership of a File or Folder
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 308421
- This article describes how to take
ownership of a file or folder to which
you have been denied access. |
How To Automate Folder
Permissions
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q180464
- It is sometimes necessary to assign permissions
to a folder so that a particular User and the
Administrators group can administer it, as in
the case of Users Home Directories.
HOW TO: Bypass the
Recycle Bin When You Delete Files and Folders
in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 320031 - This
step-by-step article describes how to permanently
delete a file and bypass the Recycle Bin in
Microsoft Windows XP.
HOW TO: Change the
Default Action for a File Type in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 320036 - This
step-by-step article describes how to change
the default action for a file type in Windows
XP.
HOW TO: Configure
Offline Files to Synchronize When a Particular
Network Connection Becomes Active
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 312171 - This
step-by-step article describes how to configure
Offline Files to synchronize when a particular
network connection becomes active. You can make
any shared folder on a network available offline
so that you can use the files that are inside
of that folder when you disconnect from the
network. Normally, synchronization happens automatically
whenever a network connection becomes active.
However, you can configure your synchronization
settings to specify the offline files that are
synchronized when a network connection becomes
active.
HOW TO: Connect and
Disconnect a Network Drive in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 308582 - This
step-by-step article describes how to connect
and disconnect a network drive in Windows XP.
You can map a drive letter to any shared resource
on a network. This makes it faster and easier
to access the resource, either through the Windows
XP user interface, or from a command prompt.
Each mapped drive has an icon in My Computer,
and a listing in the left pane of Windows Explorer
(and in My Computer if you use the Folders view).
Windows provides several methods for mapping
a drive.
HOW TO: Create and
Disable Administrative Shares on Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 314984 - This
step-by-step article describes how to create
and disable administrative shares on Windows
XP.
HOW TO: Disable the
NTFS File System Tracking of Broken Shortcut
Links
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 299780 - If
you disable a shortcut, the NTFS File System
in Windows XP and Windows 2000 automatically
attempts to locate the shortcut destination
by searching all paths that are associated with
the shortcut. This step-by-step article describes
how to prevent this behavior from occurring.
How to Remove Files
with Reserved Names in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 315226 - Because
applications control the policy for creating
files in Windows, files sometimes are created
with illegal or reserved names, such as LPT1
or PRN. This article explains how to delete
such files by using the standard user interface.
How to Replace In-Use
Files at Windows Restart
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 181345 - If
you need to replace a file that is in use by
Windows, you typically must use one of the following
methods:
HOW TO: Search for
Files and Folders in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 308895 - This
article describes how to search for files or
folders on a Windows XP-based computer.
HOW TO: Set the My
Documents Folder as "Private"
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 298399 - This
article describes how to set the My Documents
folder to Private. You can use the information
in this article only if you have activated the
Simple Sharing user interface.
HOW TO: Set, View,
Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 308418 - In
Windows XP, you can apply permissions to files
or folders that are located on NTFS file system
volumes. This article describes how to set,
view, change, or remove permissions for files
and folders.
HOW TO: Set, View,
Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files
and Folders
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 308419 - In
Windows XP, you can apply special access permissions
to files or folders that are located on NTFS
file system volumes. Special access permissions
are customizable sets of permissions. This article
describes how to set, view, change, or remove
special permissions for files and folders.
How
to Share and Set Permissions for Folders and
Files Using Windows XP
This article describes how to share folders
and files on a network using Windows XP.
HOW TO: Take Ownership
of a File or Folder in Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 308421 - This
article describes how to take ownership of a
file or folder to which you have been denied
access.
How to Use Files
and Settings Transfer Wizard
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 293118 - This
article describes how to use the Files and Settings
Transfer Wizard. This wizard helps you transfer
files and settings from your old computer to
your new one. You can transfer settings for
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Outlook
Express, as well as desktop and display settings,
dial-up connections, and other types of settings.
As you go through the wizard, you can select
the files and settings that you want to transfer.
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