Hard Drive Security

There are two ways iClose-Up Clients can gain access to an iClose-Up Server’s hard drive. The first is through iClose-Up Access Points which is the quickest way. Secondly iClose-Up Clients can gain access to an iClose-Up Server’s hard drive through Microsoft Share Points.

If you want to have someone send or fetch files from you, you have to have an iClose-Up Access Point or a Windows Share Point to allow them access. iClose-Up by default installed an iClose-Up Access Point probably on your “C” drive. This allows file transfer access to all the folders on the “C” drive.

We strongly suggest that you put passwords on your iClose-Up Access Points. Please remember to give the passwords to anyone you expect to connect in and access your hard drive.

You can add iClose-Up Access Points and modify existing ones by right clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen and selecting “Security for This Computer”, and then pressing the “Settings” button in the “iClose-Up Hard Drive Security” panel.

iClose-Up for its own use puts in “START MENU” as a hidden Access Point. iClose-Up uses this Access Point to allow iClose-Up Clients to start applications on the iClose-Up Server when running Remotly where the desktop is not shared. It is generally not necessary to put a password on this Access Point.

If you remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” you will need to use iClose-Up Access Points if you want to give an iClose-Up Client connecting to your iClose-Up Server access to the iClose-Up Server’s local hard drive. Even if you do not remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” from the iClose-Up Server it is a good idea to make iClose-Up Access Points for incoming iClose-Up Clients to use when accessing your hard drive.

If you want to limit access through Microsoft Share Points then put passwords on the Microsoft Share Points, or remove the Microsoft Share Points or remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. To alter Microsoft Share Points run Windows Explorer select the folder or drive letter you want to alter and then right click. Now if you have “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” you will see “Sharing” as an option. Select this option to alter Microsoft Share Points.

Using iClose-Up on the Internet

If you are using iClose-Up on the Internet you may not have or will want to remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. If you are concerned about security on the Internet most people feel removing or unbinding “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” (which gives access to Microsoft Share Points) is the safest configuration. You would remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” from the Dial-Up adaptor (if you get on the Internet by modem) or from your Network adaptor (if you get on the Internet by a constant connection like Cable Modem, xDSL, T1 or ISDN). If you are using Windows 95/98/Me it is pretty easy to remove or if you prefer unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. If you are using Win NT/2000/XP it is generally better to unbind (verses removing) “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. Note that it is much harder to do on Win NT/2000/XP then it is on Windows 95/98/Me.