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TCP/IP Home Networking
and File Sharing
Tutorial
Create a
network share with
Windows 98/98SE/ME
(click small pictures to
zoom)
What is a network share?
A network share is a logical way for other
computers to access portions of your hard drive. Other computers see
the share on the network and can load and save data files just like
a local hard drive. Remember, a network share just represents shared
hard drive space - not shared programs. If a program was installed
on computer A, you can't normally run it on computer B unless it
gets installed there too.
Share a folder or the whole hard
drive?
Many people turn their entire hard drive into
a network share. I consider this fairly unwise - especially if you
have a wireless (802.11b) network. Wireless networking is vulnerable
to hackers. With only a few folders shared, only those folders can
be easily attacked.
I always suggest creating a folder on your
hard drive called 'shared' and sharing that. In this way, you will
never have to wonder what files are shared and what files are not.
Create The Network Share
Create a folder on your hard drive and name it
SHARE. Next, right click the new folder and select
"Sharing". You should see a display like this.
Select "Share
This Folder"
Then click the
"Permissions Button"
Add the 'Users' group and
assign permissions - probably full control.
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Did you ignore
my suggestion and try to share the whole hard drive? If
so, create a NEW SHARE. C$ is NOT a networkable
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User Security - IMPORTANT
An account needs to be
created for each uniqe 'login' name on your network. For
instance, if you log into a Windows 98 computer with the login name
'ted', then you must create a Windows 2000 login called 'ted'.
From the control panel,
double click the admin tools icon. Next, click the Computer
management icon. This will bring up a screen like the one
below. From here, open the Local Users and Groups tree and add
a new user by right clicking on the 'Users folder' and select
'Add new user'
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Create a user name that MATCHES
the user name used to log into your other Windows
computer. I would suggest assigning a password to this ID. I
have sometimes had trouble using 'blank passwords'. You should also
UNCHECK the 'User must change password' line and CHECK 'password
never expires'.
Finished with this
computer
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From your windows
98/98se/me computer, you will see this IPC$ dialog
box when trying to access a Windows 2000 network
share.
Just use the
password you assigned to the user name you logged into the
Windows 98/98SE/ME computer with
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