File Sharing
Windows 2000/XP
PC
Windows 2000/XP
PC
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File Sharing
Windows 2000/XP PC |
How to access a shared folder from a Windows 2000/XP computer
The following instructions explain how to access a shared folder from a public lab domain Windows 2000 computer, or a non-domain student-owned computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The shared folder may reside on a non-domain Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP Pro computer.
As reference, computers not owned by Wellesley College are NOT domain members. Only computers owned by Wellesley College (i.e. faculty/staff or public lab computers) are domain members.
For file sharing, Windows 98 and Me use share-level access while Windows 2000 and XP Pro use user-level access. Therefore, in order to access a shared folder on a Windows 98 or Me computer, only a password is necessary to access shared folders; it does not need to know who is accessing the folder. In contrast, Windows 2000 and XP Pro computers require each user to have a user account (username and password) on the computer, so only those who have been given access to a shared folder may view and or use files within that folder.
Before accessing
a shared folder
How to access
a Windows 98/Me shared folder
How
to access a non-domain Windows 2000/XP Pro shared folder from a public lab computer
How to access a non-domain Windows 2000/XP Pro shared folder from a non-domain
Windows 2000/XP computer
How to add a Network Place in Windows 2000
How to add a Network Place in Windows
XP
- If you are not logged into the computer, log in as you normally would.
- Find the computer where the shared folder resides.
- In Windows 2000, double-click on My Network Places > Entire Network > entire contents > Microsoft Windows Network > Wellesley.
- In Windows XP, click on Start and then select My Computer. In the Other Places section on the left-hand side of the window, click on My Network Places. In the Network Tasks section, click on View workgroup computers.
- Double-click on the name of the computer the shared folder resides on.
- Double-click on the folder you have access to.
- In the login window, type in the password for that folder; you may leave the username field blank.
- Click OK.
The folder's contents will now be displayed in a window. What you are allowed to do in this folder depends on the permissions the owner has given you.
- Log into a public lab computer using your domain account.
- Double-click on My Network Places > Entire Network > entire contents > Microsoft Windows Network > Wellesley.
- Double-click on the name of the computer the shared folder resides on.
- Double-click on the folder you have access to.
- In the window that appears, in the Connect As: field, type in the name of the computer you are connecting to and the username of the account that has access to the shared folder separated by a forward slash, i.e. ComputerName\username. For example: MyComp\wendy.
- In the Password: field, type in the password for that account.
- Click OK.
The folder's contents will now be displayed in a window. What you are allowed to do in this folder depends on the permissions the owner has given you.
- Find the computer where the shared folder resides.
- In Windows 2000, double-click on My Network Places > Entire Network > entire contents > Microsoft Windows Network > Wellesley.
- In Windows XP, click on the Start button and select My Computer. In the Other Places section on the left-hand side of the window, click on My Network Places. Under the Network Tasks section on the left side of the window, click on View workgroup computers.
- Double-click on the name of the computer the shared folder resides on.
- Double-click on the folder you have access to.
- In the window that appears, type in the username and password of the user account you have been given in order to access that shared folder.
- Click OK.
The folder's contents will now be displayed in a window. What you are allowed to do in this folder depends on the permissions its owner has given you.
If you are constantly accessing the same shared folder, adding the folder as a Network Place will allow you to easily access the shared folder without having to manually search for it on the network as described in the directions above. Adding a Network Place creates a shortcut to the shared folder in the My Network Places window.
- If you are not logged into the computer, log in as you normally would.
- Double-click on My Network Places on the desktop.
- Double-click on Add Network Place.
- In the Type the location of the Network Place field, type \\computer name\shared folder name. For example: if the computer's name is bluebird and the name of the shared folder is My Pics, then type in: \\bluebird\My Pics.
- Click Next.
- You may change the name of this shared folder (as it appears on your computer) by typing a new name for it in the Enter a name for this Network Place field.
- Click Finish.
The shortcut to the shared folder will appear in the My Network Places window with the name you have specified. Double-click on this icon in order to access the shared folder.
