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Win 7 Pro File Server, want to share folders with different passwords
Hello to all,
I've looked high and low for an answer to my question and I'm here now due to not finding answers via Google.
We're in a small office environment and we have a new Win 7 Pro computer acting as a file server. There is a Z drive mapped to all office computers with all general info for day to day business. I would like to set up a shared folder for accounting on the file server. There are 3 people who will need access to this folder and when mapping to it it must require a password and perhaps other credentials although that may not be necessary (not sure at this point). Naturally, any accounting info needs to stay out of sight of other employees except for management and accountants.
It is needed to set up other folders for sharing with other departments and access to them should be protected with a different password (or must it be the same password?).
Also, the procedure to get this working would be the same would it not if we want to share folders from any other computer on the network and map a network drive (shared folder) via another computer on the network?
I should mention that all computers on the network have user accounts and passwords.
Also, in Network and Sharing Center / Advanced Sharing Settings:
network discovery is on
file and printer sharing is on
public folder access is on
128 bit encryption is on
password protected sharing is on
use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers is on
Do all these settings need to be the same on every Win 7 Pro computer on the network?
Thank you for any help.
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