Windows 7 - Folder sharing question

[Rikki]

Hi folks,

Just a quicky about networking

My office (small company) has 4 or 5 notebooks all running Vista or Windows 7 in various guises of Home, Home Premium etc.

For the past while there has been a shared folder on one of the laptops where all the "stuff" is held and backed up from but now we have more staff security is an issue so we want to still have that generic "stuff" share for everyone to access holding letterheads, comp slips and open stuff but also have a folder for the business owners to view only.

Im not up on networking so thought it would be as easy as clicking on the folder thats to be shared with only specific people and select those people from a drop down - but that would be toooooo easy

I did a few google searches too and got myself into a right muddle talking about domains, group policies and what nots.

Can someone give me the For Dummies version on how to do this or if its indeed possible using Home based Windows systems.

Many thanks for reading this far

Rik

 

[Rikki]

I think I fudged it!

Created users on the main laptop where all the stuff is held mirroring the names and passwords that the other laptops use to log into windows. In the background everything seems to have tied itself together and works :S

Dont know how or why but it works and I can have certain folders set to certain people.

All very confusing this network malarky!

R

 

[Rikki]

Thanks for your advice and help people - Didnt know about the Dropbox stuff tho I have an account there too