Sharing Folders with Pasword Protection

"Mayur Bakhshi" <mayurbakhshi@adityabirla.com> wrote in message
news:0dc701c37dc8$cf5a2af0$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> Dear Sir,
>
> Kindly suggest how to protect shared folders with password
> in Windows XP Professional just like Windows 98, in which
> user need to enter password to access the folder shared
> via network.
>
> Folder is in Windows XP Professional OS and need to access
> from Windows98 SE.
>
> Regards
> Mayur Bakhshi
>
>
>

XP doesn't use share-level passwords like 9x.
It uses permissions based on Username.

You must disable Simpple File Sharing, set up user accounts and set up the
share and NTFS permissions.
An example walk-through is shown here:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm

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Best Regards
Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking