How people can connect to my Windows XP shared folder?

Question

I have a shared folder on my windows XP machine - Is there a limt onto how many people can access this folder?

First answer is wrong

Meaning on a netowrk if I have a shared Folder - How many users can access that folder from other machines.

3rd answer is wrong as well. Again how many users can access my shared folder when I'm running Windows XP - I know how to share a folder - I want to know how many people can access this folder. 5 ? 10 ? 20

On home machines its 5 and on Pro its 10 -This is the correct answer for concurrent connections.

Answer 1

I don't know if you mean how many at once?
That would depend on you network and settings.
How many people on your computer would be anyone who can log-on.

You can copy the folder and keep it private for each user you wish to allow access.

Answer 2

Hi
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Actually first answer is correct if you mean how many computers can access it locally or be networked to it and have access.

All local users on will have access to the shared folder. However, by default only computer administrators and the owner have read and write access- the rest have read only access. However, you can choose to change this at the folder level. Thus, because only one person can be logged onto your machine locally at one time, only one can be in the folder at any one time but all have access.

As far as on a network goes, when you run the XP networking wizard and tick turn on file and printer sharing, the default folder that windows shares with all users on your network is the shared folder. However, by default it is shared at a read only level like it s with local users i.e only computer administrators and the owner can edit the file. If that doesn't happen for you, then you have some trouble shooting to do. Email me privately and tell me what is happening and I can help you more with this.

You can then configure to share other folders on the network at the folder level. If you turn off simple file sharing you can configure the permission levels and NTFS permission by right clicking on the relevant folder and clicking on the sharing tab. There you can choose to share it for all local users or users over the network and whether they have read and write permission or read only. The security tab will configure NTFS permissions.

If you mean how many can be in the shared folder at once on a network, then that is a different matter. That depends on your settings. If you email me privately maybe we can trouble shoot that together.

Regards

Chris

Answer 3

no as long as they are either connected to your network or they are connected to the program you use you can have as many people as you want use that folder.