is sharing your computer recommended?

Answer 1

nope, never is a good idea in any situation. at least in my opinion. To many security issues, no privacy and it increases the rate at which your computer becomes bogged down with crap and slows the performance.

Answer 2

YES! I just started sharing my computer for the music and the pictures off of it and it seems to be working perfectly! I would only recommend sharing it over a home network and not like over the internet or anything. I would also just share all the folders that you need to. And keep in mind that you can share pretty much anything it's just if you're sharing your dvd drive for example if your other computer doesn't have a dvd drive you can do that but whatever you share bogs down the other computer when ever you're streaming information off of it. Right now i'm streaming music off of it and that's pretty light so it doesn't do much. And it frees up alot more space when you don't ahve the files on your second computer's hard drive. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

On both Windows and Mac, sharing your computer can totally screw some stuff up. At my school, all of the computers are really messed up because a whole bunch of kids tweak the system settings and are completely unaware that they're doing it! I tried sharing (having multiple user accounts) on my computer at home, but ever since, it's completely slowed down and it makes a wierd buzzing sound. Unless you really trust the person you're sharing your computer with, I wouldn't recommend you share it with ANYBODY!

Answer 4

You mean sharing as in multiple people using it? I recommend someone trustworthy hold the password to the administrative account on a Windows XP machine. Then you can create one or more limited accounts for people you trust less. If you use Windows ME or earlier, though, there's not much you can do.

Avoid at all costs sharing your hard drive using FPS unless you can secure the network with a firewall.

Answer 5

There are two important things that you need to know in sharing your computer. First is.. Know the person who you are goin to share your computer personally or remotely, because sharing are sometimes important to other broadband/cable/dsl connections that needs to check your computer for problems that you do not know how to fix. They do it remotley. Second thing... The bad side... Hackers can access your computer if they see unused and open ports are available in your computer for them to get in, thats the worst part. These are the only two things you need to know. So when sharing better keep an updated Operating System and an Anti-Virus program. Thats what you need to know...

Answer 6

Do you mean allowing access to shared folders? Or do you mean someone else in your house using your computer? If you want to allow someone at home to use your computer it boils down to how much you trust them and how capable they are -even 'honest' users who aren't net savvy can create a bunch of problems by downloading and installing stuff.

My wife and I use the same account, in my case, because I trust her and she understands the risks. We have restrictions in effect for the children and the computer is password protected to avoid any unexpected users.

I also don't use the root admin account, instead creating an account with less access for our day to day uses.

Answer 7

If you have Linux - Yes.

Get Linux - each user is shut in their own compartment by strong walls and cannot cause any trouble. Linux was designed from the start for multiple users. Windows/DOS was only designed for one user.

Linux rocks!

DC :)

Answer 8

yes, absolutely, the more you share the better

the viruses and the malware will be 10 times more than if you don't share

everybody will have access to any info you store on your hard drive, if you forget to log out, people will be able to read your emails too

share away my brother, share away

Answer 9

nope

i hate sharing this machine with my family even...lol

but only because i cant mess about with the OS the way i want etc etc

Answer 10

I do with family
we have nothing to hide