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| A Windows peer network is not a truly secure environment as is an NT domain, because access to your devices can always be made through your local computer, and malicious programs could still be written to crack LAN passwords. The main goal of passwords in a LAN environment is to protect against inadvertent accesses. To add a password to your share, start Windows Explorer, right-click on the shared area you want to protect, and select Sharing. |
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| Type the password you want to add into the password box, and click Apply. A box appears asking you to confirm the password by typing it again. Click OK, then OK again, to complete the change. Remember your password! Anyone who tries to access the share from another computer will be asked to enter the password. |
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| To verify that a password is in use, start Windows Explorer, go to the top level of your computer, and double-click Network Neighborhood. Double-click the computer where your share is located (other than the computer you're on) and you will see a list of available shares. |
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| Double-click the share you want and you'll be asked to enter the share password. |
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| You can take another step to prevent unwanted LAN access to a share. By ending the share name with a dollar sign $ you can prevent it from being listed in the share list for your computer in Network Neighborhood. Users can still access it if they know its name. For example, name it MAIN-SHARE$ and go to Network Neighborhood and double click your computer. The share will not appear. But if you enter \\Main\Main-share$ you can access it. |
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