Question: Although I have quite a bit of experience with Windows XP, I've never used it on a domain nor have I used the Permissions feature to limit access to files and folders. So, while there may be some obvious reason to you why I can't do what I'm trying to do, at the moment it's a complete mystery to me :-)
Basically, I'd like to set Permissions on some folders on an XP Pro machine that connects to both Pro and Home machines, to allow only some users access to those folders.
When I go to the Sharing tab of the folder I want to setup, I choose "Share this folder" and then I click on Permissions. On the Security tab, I click on "Add".
This is the part that I don't understand.
In my mind, I want to click on "Locations", find the computer on the network, then add the user of that computer to the list that allows access to the folder. However, when I click "Locations", the only computer listed is the one I'm on.
What am I doing wrong and how can I achieve what I'm after.