[noobnas]

Hi guys,

i've setup up most of my xbmc and i'm almost there.

SCENARIO
Currently i have the following:-

• ONE Media PC with 2 user accounts (Administrator and MediaPC):
  

1. Windows 7 Ultimate & XBMC on C: (250gb hard drive)
   
2. Media files on D: (1TB hard drive)
   

• ONE Office/Gaming PC (One user account - Billy) - only i use it
  
• ONE Laptop (wireless) (One user account - Family) - kids/family use it
  

All the above computers are on Win 7 connected on the same homegroup to my virgin media superhub.


GOAL
I want to network share the Media PC - D: drive with my Office PC (Billy Account) which should have FULL READ/WRITE/MODIFY RIGHTS access.

At the same time, I want to Totally DENY ACCESS to the kids laptop (Family Account), so they cannot access the media files.

Is this possible? If so, how do i go about implementing it? I've got a limited knowledge of networking, so please could you explain exactly what i need to do?

Thanks!

[DDDamian]

Using Windows UAC (User Account Control) which is enabled by default this is all possible thru Windows Explorer.

Right-click on the Drive D: folder on your server machine, and Share it. In the Share window you can specifiy specific network accounts which can have access, and the access levels (R,R/W,etc).

Once shared, it should show up on other PC's under Network Places.

[noobnas]

thanks for clarifying that DDDamian. But thats what i'm trying to say....i can only see accounts on the local computer to which i can then go ahead and set permissions. What i can't see is the accounts on another computers.

SEARCH OF ACCOUNTS COMPUTER A (Local):-
Guests
Administrator
Power Users
Everyone
Remote Desktop
MediaPC
(No Billy Account Found)


SEARCH OF ACCOUNTS COMPUTER B (Network):-
Guests
Administrator
Power Users
Everyone
Remote Desktop
Billy
(No MediaPC Account Found)

[DDDamian]

Hi Noobnas,

It sounds like the Workgroup needs setting up.

Follow this video and this tutorial