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Jimmy Macintosh
18th Dec 2009, 16:00
This is probably a stupid question but I don't know the answer.
I have a laptop that I connect to my home network and hence have the drives open to sharing. Now if I take this to a hotel and log onto their free wi-fi, what's stopping anyone else in the hotel accessing my drives?
As far as I can guess is that we'll all be on the same network and as long as the drives are shared then there is nothing to stop someone else accessing them. :confused:
Saab Dastard
18th Dec 2009, 16:06
as the drives are shared then there is nothing to stop someone else accessing them.
Apart from a valid user name and password? I'm assuming at least Win2K or later, not Win 9x / ME.
Of course if your guest account is enabled, and your drives are shared at the root with read access for everyone, then you have problems!
SD
shortfinal12
18th Dec 2009, 16:08
i also have a stupid question i hope you guys dont mind to answer.
how do i start a thread on pprune? i am new to pprune. i just cant find how to start my own thread like everyone else seems able to do.
would appreciate your help guys,
sf12
Jimmy Macintosh
18th Dec 2009, 16:41
Saab, I agree I'm in trouble, on my home network I don't have passwords active, there are only two of us, my wife and myself, passwords seemed excessive, so I'll just have to disable sharing before I leave.
Short Final,
At the top of the thread list on the left hand side is a small icon about the size of the "post reply" icon and says "new thread", click there.
Saab Dastard
18th Dec 2009, 18:38
passwords seemed excessive, so I'll just have to disable sharing before I leave.
Disable guest account.
Apply passwords to all other accounts.
Start your firewall (at least the windows XP firewall) - you can turn it off at home if you wish.
Are you running XP home or Pro - or :yuk:ista? Can you apply NTFS permissions to shares (i.e. not just share-level controls)?
SD
Jimmy Macintosh
18th Dec 2009, 19:53
I'm running windows 7 on the laptop.
Thanks for your help.