CompTIA A+ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition by Michael Meyers

Author:Michael Meyers
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Reference.Computer Related Learning
ISBN: 0071701338
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Published: 2010-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 16-34 File Sharing dialog box on a standalone machine

Figure 16-35 Permissions options

Figure 16-36 Shared folders in the Public folder

Locating Shared Folders

Before you walk away from a computer, you should check for any unnecessary or unknown (to you) shared folders on the hard drives. This enables you to make the computer as secure as possible for the user. When you open My Computer or Computer, shared folders don’t just jump out at you, especially if they’re buried deep within the file system. A shared C: drive is obvious, but a shared folder all the way down in D:\temp\backup\Simon\secret share would not, especially if none of the parent folders were shared.

Windows comes with a handy tool for locating all of the shared folders on a computer, regardless of where they reside on the drives. The Computer Management console in the Administrative Tools has a Shared Folders option under System Tools. In that are three options: Shares, Sessions, and Open Files. Select Shares to reveal all of the shared folders (Figure 16-37).

You can double-click on any share to open the Properties dialog box for that folder. At that point, you can make changes to the share—such as users and permissions—just as you would from any other sharing dialog.

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