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Originally Posted by Prince
The reason why I've been using Server 2003 as a desktop OS is simply because, for me, it has been considerably faster than the run-of-the-mill XP. Part of the reason is, I suspect, that many unnecessary services are disabled by default. Also, I could never find a really good way to get rid of Windows Messenger on XP, which was a huge resource hog. Even when I did manage to rid myself of it, it would somehow find itself back on my system, and I'd always have to forcefully shut it down from Task Manager on every logon session.
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Have you tried stopping it from starting up? Start -> Run -> "msconfig" -> Startup and Removed it from there?
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Originally Posted by Prince
I've a couple of questions about setting up a simple network with just XPs, as I am still considering this an option... One thing I like about having an actual server is that you have great control over data security. Let me put it this way: I can easily hide my vast porno collection on the server from my nosy wife, simply by editing her access privileges. Can I do the same effectively with XP? I could never get XP to hide my porno folders from my wife's user account on a stand-alone setup, would it be possible over a network connection though?
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Yes you most certainly can, if you are running Windows XP Professional, set up what you want to share by right clicking the folder, -> Sharing and Security and then tick "Share this Computer on the network". Next, click the permissions button, remove "Everyone", click add -> advanced -> find now -> select your user name -> ok -> ok -> apply -> ok
Then you can map that drive from every other machine, so on the other machine My Computer -> Tools -> Map Network Drive -> Select the Drive and the folder its in in the format "\\computer\share"
You can also forget about mapping it and hide the share instead, if you like, then you partner won't be all like, "now why cant I get into this?". To do this,
follow all the instructions for creating the share, but this time name the share with a dollar sign at the end "$" this hides the share. You can do many interesting things, and I dont have time to tell you all of them, but dont ever nest an insecure folder within a secure one, the can bypass the permissions for the top folder and go straight to the insecure one.
I hope this helps.