- #MAC FILE SHARING AUTHENITICATION USERNAME HOW TO#
- #MAC FILE SHARING AUTHENITICATION USERNAME PASSWORD#
- #MAC FILE SHARING AUTHENITICATION USERNAME WINDOWS#
Note: You should also click on Security tab. Note: If you just shared a file (not folder), right click the file and click on Properties and go to Details tab, it will show you the users that the file shared with. Then go to Sharing tab, it will show that folder is shared. Note: You will notice there is no change on the shared file/folder icon, but if you right click the shared folder and click on Properties.
#MAC FILE SHARING AUTHENITICATION USERNAME PASSWORD#
Here she needs to key in user nicola and correct password to access this folder from other XP computer.
#MAC FILE SHARING AUTHENITICATION USERNAME WINDOWS#
Basically you have done password protected file sharing in Windows 7.ġ1) Finally, when Nicola tries to access this password protected shared folder from Vista, XP or other Windows OS, she will be prompted to key in username and password. Read/Write - Can open, modify, or delete the fileġ0) The next window will tell you that your file/folder is shared, click Done to close the window.
Read - Can open, but not modify or delete the file Note: You can set 2 different permission levels for each people you selected: In this example, I share this file with nicola only and also give her Read/Write permission.
Right click the file or folder you plan to share, and click on Specific people.ĩ) File Sharing window will appear, and here you can select or key in the people you would like to share the file/folder with and click Add. Click on Save changes at last.Ĩ) Ok, now we are ready to enable password protected file sharing.
Note: You are also advised to enable network discovery too, so your computer can discover and locate other computers easily.Ħ) Now you can proceed to click on Change advanced sharing settings.ħ) Here you need to locate your current set profile (home or network in this case), and turn on following settings to enable password protected file sharing in Windows 7. Note: I would also advise you to set the same Workgroup for all computers on the same network in order to ease the file sharing. In this case, my network location type is home network. Here you can right click on the network adapter (can be wireless adapter or wired Ethernet adapter) that you are using and click Properties.Ĥ) Your network card’s properties window will appear, then tick File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks if it's not tick, finally click OK.ĥ) Let’s move back to Network and Sharing Center window, make sure you have selected the appropriate network location type before enabling file sharing, mostly home network or work network type. Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.Ģ) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, after that click change adapter settings on left panel.ģ) Network Connections window will appear. It’s easy to verify! Go to Start and click on Control Panel.
#MAC FILE SHARING AUTHENITICATION USERNAME HOW TO#
In this article I will show you on how to do it:ġ) First you need to confirm that you have enabled file and printer sharing on network card.