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| 765572 | 2009-04-16 07:26:00 | Hi All I had that annoying problem that I'm sure many of you have seen whereby I couldn't delete a file from an external hard disk because the file was read-only. I addressed this by re-doing the authorities, and it worked, but only for one of my two laptops - now the other one won't acknowledge it at all. Okay, my bad. I also have issues with sharing between the two laptops, which are connected by a cross-over cable. The thing is, my premises are physically secure and baddies from the outside are blocked with firewall/antivirus. So, I want everything to be available from everywhere. I want both the laptops to be able to browse each other without restriction and both to read/write to the external disk without restriction. Both laptops are running Windows XP Professional. How can I simply achieve that? - i.e. no security on any of the devices. |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 765573 | 2009-04-16 07:40:00 | Are both on the internet as well? Or going to be? If they are, I wouldnt share the whole hdd on either of them Are you using a router or an ethernet hub? If you are, you dont need a crossover cable What firewall is installed? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 765574 | 2009-04-16 07:49:00 | What operating system are on the laptops? | Blam (54) | ||
| 765575 | 2009-04-16 08:13:00 | What operating system are on the laptops? XP Pro its in the first post |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 765576 | 2009-04-16 09:51:00 | Are you using simple file sharing? | Blam (54) | ||
| 765577 | 2009-04-16 23:41:00 | Dunno, maybe. How do I check? One computer is six years old and has has been extensively fooled around with. |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 765578 | 2009-04-17 00:06:00 | Okay, nevermind on the secondary questions, so we don't get distracted. I'll restate my question: I have an external hard drive. It has got share/permissions on it and the files on it. Q: How do I "unsecure" all the files and return the disk to its original state of: Any computer can use it, and can read/delete/update/add files to it? |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 765579 | 2009-04-17 00:15:00 | You'll probably have to take ownership (support.microsoft.com) of it, if youre planning on connecting it to more than 1 PC | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 765580 | 2009-04-17 00:49:00 | You'll probably have to take ownership (support.microsoft.com) of it, if youre planning on connecting it to more than 1 PC Thank you. That did the trick. |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 765581 | 2009-04-17 00:53:00 | Cool | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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