Revised: 9 November 2010 - Design and Content © Bernard Veasey 1996-2011 - All rights reserved.
This is how you set up a LanMan98 share:
Local name:
This is the displayed name shown in the LanMan98
window, so call it something relevant to the share on
your Windows PC.
Server:
This is the name of the Windows computer. You can
find this by clicking ‘Start’, then right clicking ‘Computer’,
then clicking ‘Properties’. You will then see it displayed
in the resulting window after ‘Computer name:’.
Share:
This is the share name of the Windows folder you want
to share. It is best to avoid spaces when creating this
name. The example ‘MySharedDocs’ is the share name
of a folder called ‘MySharedDocs’ in the root directory of
the Windows hard disc which is usually drive C but could
equally be drive D etc if preferred.
User name:
This is the username of the Windows logged on user.
You can see what this is by clicking ‘Start’ and looking at
the name at the top of the right hand column.
Password:
This is the Windows password associated with the
above username.
No types:
This is normally ticked. See LanMan98 manual for
details.
Keep Password:
Tick this for LanMan98 to remember the above
password. Untick this for the user to manually enter the
password each time the share is joined.
Using Windows 7
When setting up networking on the Windows PC, set as
‘WORKGROUP’ and set the 'Work' network profile.
In the 'Advanced sharing settings' (Home/Work and
Public profiles):
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Turn on network discovery.
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Turn on file and printer sharing.
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Turn on sharing so anyone with network access
can read and write files in the Public folders.
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Media streaming is off.
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Enable file sharing for devices that use 40 or 56
bit encryption.
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Turn off password protected sharing
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Use user accounts and passwords to connect to
other computers.
The Windows 7 PC has a manual IP address set in the
TCP/IPv4 setting. It is set as a 'Work' network.
The Windows 7 PC Homegroups are turned OFF (as
they are for connecting to other Windows 7 PCs).
The shared folder I have set up is - D:\MySharedDocs -
on the Windows 7 PC and it has permissions set up for
'everyone' to allow 'Full control', 'read' and 'change'.
Set up the Windows shared folder in the following way:
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Right click folder to be shared (eg.
D:\MySharedDocs)
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Share with > Specific people
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Choose 'Everyone' from drop down list.
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Set to 'Read/Write'.
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SHARE
The following method of sharing a folder seems to fail:
Right click folder to be shared (eg. D:\MySharedDocs)
Properties > Sharing > Advanced sharing
Tick 'Share this folder' > Permissions > Everyone
Set 'Full control', 'read' and 'change' to be ticked.
You may also have to ‘allow’ or ‘deny’ the share using
your third-party security software.
Connecting a RISC OS computer running LanMan98 to a Windows 7 PC
