On 3/5/2013 10:05 AM, Neil Gould wrote:
You shouldn't have to do all that, but after reading the thread, I am
wondering why you are using the default user folders for you files rather
than a separate folder on the drive with file sharing set (my guess is that
you have the entire drive set for sharing, a typical practice when drives
were small and computers with multiple drives were common).
No, but on my Windows XP computers, I have "My Documents" set for
sharing because, like just about everyone else, when I started out with
Windows, that was where I put . . . er . . . My Documents. Word files,
Excel files, audio files (My Music), etc. Word and Excel were separate
sub-folders, and initially I just had those set up for sharing. But then
when I created other folders that I wanted to share, I had to remember
to set them up for sharing, so I just said screw it, it's only me, I'll
just share the whole "My Documents" folder.
Vista and Win7 are not like XP.
Yes, I've noticed.
To support the presumption that the computer
will always by on-line (which it will be if it has access), security
measures have been introduced to address the way that many users work.
I've been saying this more and more lately: "I'M NOT MOST PEOPLE,
DAMMIT!" I was comfortable with the say that WinXP shared files, I've
done it for years and to my knowledge I've never had anything stolen or
corrupted from the outside. It was simple, there were only a few things
to understand and remember, and I could deal with it. Win7 has too many
choices and not enough "how to do it" documentation by example.
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