Group Policy is a one of the most useful tools found in the Windows 2000 and later Active Directory infrastructure. Group Policy can be used to set File and Printer Sharing on all computers joined to the domain. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. The following example uses Windows 2003 Server. The procedure for 2008 is almost exactly the same.
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Enabling File and Printer Sharing in Windows XP
File and Printer sharing is required for sharing your computers resources. In addition, a special share, called the admin$ share is used to remotely manage and install software on Windows XP systems. By default file sharing is blocked in the firewall. The following steps will enable file and printer sharing in Windows XP.
Enabling File and Printer Sharing In Windows Vista
By default File and Print Sharing is disabled on Windows Vista. Many times file and printer sharing is also needed for remote administration tools that access the admin$ share. Enable File and Print sharing by following these steps:
Enabling File and Printer Sharing In Windows 7
File and Printer Sharing disabled by default in Windows 7, and unfortunately Microsoft has yet again changed the method to turn it back on. The steps you need to take are now different than the ones you took in Vista. So how do you get it back up and running in Windows 7?
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