usefulgeek » file sharing http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog rants, reviews and kind hearted messages from some geeks Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:08:40 +0000 en hourly 1 Sharing isn’t caring. Mapped drives are faster. http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2008/07/sharing-isnt-caring-mapped-drives-are-faster/ http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2008/07/sharing-isnt-caring-mapped-drives-are-faster/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:53:36 +0000 drale http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=25 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> According to this a mapped Windows drive is a lot faster for transferring files than simply browsing to the share. Find your share under Network Places, right-click and select “Map Network Drive”.

Some other tips: put a $ at the end of your share name to hide it. Upgrade to SP3 to have multiple shares with different permissions on a folder.

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