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Network Sharing

Defining a Network Share under Windows 2000 is very much the same as under Windows NT4:

Right-click on the Disk-icon
in "My Computer" to share a
complete disk or on any
folder-icon to partially share
a disk, and select "Sharing"
All NT4 and Windows2000 disks
have already an
invisible share
for each disk, called C$, D$,....
This is the "
Administrative Share",
allowing a Domain Administrator
to connect via the network to your
systems and to configure it.
Please, do NOT delete this share.
(and since the
Sharename uses
as last character the '$'-sign
,
such administrative shares are
never shown in the
"Network Neighborhood" or
"Computers Near Me".


To create a Share-definition
usable for regular users, click on
the button "New Share".

Define the Share-name:
This name is displayed in the
"Network Neighborhood" or
"Computers Near Me" to identify
this disk or folder.

Check the "Permissions":
By default, Everyone has
"Full Control".

No misunderstanding:
Everyone is not each person
managing to connect via the
network to this system, but
the User-group EVERYONE,
which automatically contains
all users defined on THIS system
in the
User-Manager.
This disk has now 2 Share-names:
- the Administrative Share
- The User-defined Share.

Just make sure, that you select
the right one, when making a
change.

The disk (or the Folder) is ready to be accessed via the Network.