United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Server General Forum. Next, we will explain the concepts of user groups and permissions. As you will see, these concepts are important when sharing with others on the network.
Last but not least we will explain the benefits of using a Microsoft account in Windows 8, related to network sharing. A user account is a collection of settings and information that tells Windows which files and folders you can access, what you can do on your computer, what are your preferences, and what network resources you can access when connected to a network.
The user account allows you to authenticate to Windows or any other operating system so that you are granted authorization to use them. He or she can install anything and make changes that affect all users of that PC. This is only for users that need temporary access to the PC. Microsoft accounts are user accounts with an associated e-mail address that give you access to all Microsoft products and services. If you are using an outlook. To further complicate things, Microsoft allows people to create Microsoft accounts using third-party e-mail services like Gmail.
To simplify things for you, remember that you have a Microsoft account when you use an email address to log into Windows or to any Microsoft product or service. Microsoft accounts work on multiple systems and devices. Therefore you can use the same account to log into all your Windows 8. Local accounts are classic user accounts that exist locally and can use blank passwords.
For example, in Windows 7 all user accounts are local accounts. Local accounts can be administrators or standard user accounts. User accounts provide the added benefit of letting you share the same computer with several people, while having your own files and settings.
Each person accesses his or her user account without interfering with others. In Windows 8. The first account, named Ciprian Rusen, is a Microsoft account. All the other user accounts are local accounts. As mentioned earlier, the user group is a collection of user accounts that share the same security rights and permissions. User groups can also be created by third-party software and services like virtual machines which create hidden user accounts and groups in order to provide different features or services.
A user account is a member of at least one user group while some user accounts are members of two groups or more, depending on how they are set. This concept is important so that you better understand how file sharing works, how permissions are assigned, etc. Permissions are a method for assigning access rights to specific user accounts and user groups. Through the use of permissions, Windows defines which user accounts and user groups can access which files and folders, and what they can do with them.
In Windows, a user account or a user group can receive one of the following permissions to any file or folder:. Generally, files inherit the permissions of the folder where they are placed, but users can also define specific permissions that are assigned only to a specific file.
To make your computing life simpler, it is best to edit permissions only at a folder level. Permissions are important because when you share something in Windows, you actually assign a set of permissions to a specific user account or user group. A shared folder can only be accessed by someone with a user account that has the permission to access that folder. For example, when using the Sharing Wizard, you choose the user name or the user group and then one of these two permission levels:.
It just signals that the folder you are about to share is owned by the user account for which you see this entry. An owner has full control over that folder. You will learn more about the Sharing Wizard and how to use it in lesson 6.
As you will learn in future lessons, this user group is very useful when you have a network with very diverse devices and operating systems. Advanced sharing will be explained in detail, in lesson 7. In reply to Pauli O's post on July 11, I got last halfway through your explanation.
I can see the computers and can get into the computer's C drive. I just can't access the User folders - which is where the files are stored.
It gives me the permission denied message. User Volunteer Moderator. Please calm down. We don't need rude words. Thank you. On all PCs! All PCs are wifi? In reply to StinaSmith's post on July 11, Actually, your first message contradicts you. This looks like "c" to me, doesn't it? Inc ase you resolved this problem: how?
Are you talking of Public Folders of the users or complete user profile of those users? Did you check all those advanced network, share and security settings? Who knows? Can't understand your gibberish. I have the same headache; two computers both of which cannot get permissions to access shared folders.
Sure would be nice if there was a link to an informative website that puts this information in the form of A B C's of permission to sharing files and folders! In reply to A. User's post on November 16, I find it impossible to believe only so few people suffer from this problem: computers on a network can see each other and the shared drives too.
I can read and copy. I can't paste, delete or move stuff in folders on other computers. I find it most annoying there is no step-by-step guide provided by Microsoft to solve this problem. All you get is very smart people telling you to share folders and set permissions.
Well, I am administrator on all PCs and they all can see each other. It's just that the administrator of pc A has no rights on pc B and vice versa. There is no way to detect or choose an administrator to rule them all.
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