i have two vista business machines, laptop and desktop.

both members of the same workgroup. network discovery, file sharing, and
password protected file sharing enabled. i log into both systems with the
same login and password (local accounts on each system).

starting with nothing shared on the laptop (confirmed via looking at
'computer management-shared folders')

i right click 'music' folder on laptop, select 'share', and leave default
values (my username, 'owner' permission level, and hit 'share' button.

on my desktop, i go to network, find the laptop, and see that 'Users' is now
shared, not 'Music'. because Users is shared, i can get to -all- files
under that folder on my laptop, from my desktop. wtf?

why is vista not just sharing 'Music'?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

The above link should help

"doct" wrote:

i have two vista business machines, laptop and desktop.

both members of the same workgroup. network discovery, file sharing, and
password protected file sharing enabled. i log into both systems with the
same login and password (local accounts on each system).

starting with nothing shared on the laptop (confirmed via looking at
'computer management-shared folders')

i right click 'music' folder on laptop, select 'share', and leave default
values (my username, 'owner' permission level, and hit 'share' button.

on my desktop, i go to network, find the laptop, and see that 'Users' is now
shared, not 'Music'. because Users is shared, i can get to -all- files
under that folder on my laptop, from my desktop. wtf?

why is vista not just sharing 'Music'?

thanks for the pointer, but unfortunately it doesn't. there is no mention
of vista automatically sharing all of a users' files, when just a certain
subdirectory is shared.

i want to share just my music, not -all- my files. even though i select
and share just the music folder, -all- of 'Users' is shared instead, which is
my problem.


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

The above link should help

"doct" wrote:

i have two vista business machines, laptop and desktop.

both members of the same workgroup. network discovery, file sharing, and
password protected file sharing enabled. i log into both systems with the
same login and password (local accounts on each system).

starting with nothing shared on the laptop (confirmed via looking at
'computer management-shared folders')

i right click 'music' folder on laptop, select 'share', and leave default
values (my username, 'owner' permission level, and hit 'share' button.

on my desktop, i go to network, find the laptop, and see that 'Users' is now
shared, not 'Music'. because Users is shared, i can get to -all- files
under that folder on my laptop, from my desktop. wtf?

why is vista not just sharing 'Music'?

I have the exactly same problem. I'm wondering if anybody else noticed it.
And as I can see, no replies from Microsoft.......

George
Athens, Greece

*******************
Greece, Land of the Gods
Sea and Sun are our birthrights
********************

"doct" wrote:


thanks for the pointer, but unfortunately it doesn't. there is no mention
of vista automatically sharing all of a users' files, when just a certain
subdirectory is shared.

i want to share just my music, not -all- my files. even though i select
and share just the music folder, -all- of 'Users' is shared instead, which is
my problem.


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

The above link should help

"doct" wrote:

i have two vista business machines, laptop and desktop.

both members of the same workgroup. network discovery, file sharing, and
password protected file sharing enabled. i log into both systems with the
same login and password (local accounts on each system).

starting with nothing shared on the laptop (confirmed via looking at
'computer management-shared folders')

i right click 'music' folder on laptop, select 'share', and leave default
values (my username, 'owner' permission level, and hit 'share' button.

on my desktop, i go to network, find the laptop, and see that 'Users' is now
shared, not 'Music'. because Users is shared, i can get to -all- files
under that folder on my laptop, from my desktop. wtf?

why is vista not just sharing 'Music'?

I found the answer thanks to Google, Tech Support Guy and GODzMADsKILLz

Read it in

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...verything.html

George
Athens, Greece

*******************
Greece, Land of the Gods
Sea and Sun are our birthrights
********************


"doct" wrote:


thanks for the pointer, but unfortunately it doesn't. there is no mention
of vista automatically sharing all of a users' files, when just a certain
subdirectory is shared.

i want to share just my music, not -all- my files. even though i select
and share just the music folder, -all- of 'Users' is shared instead, which is
my problem.


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

The above link should help

"doct" wrote:

i have two vista business machines, laptop and desktop.

both members of the same workgroup. network discovery, file sharing, and
password protected file sharing enabled. i log into both systems with the
same login and password (local accounts on each system).

starting with nothing shared on the laptop (confirmed via looking at
'computer management-shared folders')

i right click 'music' folder on laptop, select 'share', and leave default
values (my username, 'owner' permission level, and hit 'share' button.

on my desktop, i go to network, find the laptop, and see that 'Users' is now
shared, not 'Music'. because Users is shared, i can get to -all- files
under that folder on my laptop, from my desktop. wtf?

why is vista not just sharing 'Music'?