Hi Scott, I got the idea that this is a home computer and not networked at all. It was just a quick way of getting around, i.e. clicking on a 'drive' instead of going however deep in explorer. Should be no security issues here. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott McNay" <Wizard@xxxxxxxx> > > Hi Robert, > >> Actually, with WinXP and Win2K, you already have a share; you can > map to the folder like this: > > \\(mycomputername)\C$\MyPublicFolder > Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.