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How to view a PDF on shared drive on a tablet without downloading it to the device first?

djfreex — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:26:39 -0800

Can Ipad (or any other tablet) be used to browse and view a folder of documents (mostly PDF/Office) on a shared drive over Wifi without actually downloading the file to the device? We collaborate on documents in network drives and Sharepoint sites. The size of the folders are too large to be replicated to a tablet device. I would like to use a table to view PDF and Office files directly over Wifi that are on a shared drive.

I know apps like Good Reader and File Browser (NetPortal) are capable of doing this and I used them; but they all require you select and download the file you want to view to your tablet first.

Is there an app or a solution that allows me to view files on a shared drive over Wifi directly without the need for downloading?

How do I make a folder in the root of a shared network drive inaccessible over the network but accessible to that computer?

token-ring — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:08:18 -0800

I have a 1TB secondary drive in my desktop computer that I have the root of shared over my local network. Inside are 5 folders, all but one of I want to be accessible over the network (one is a backup folder I don't want accessible to other network computers). Before I reinstalled my OS I had figured some way of changing the permissions so that if I was on the desktop itself I could get into the backup folder, but if I was on any other computer on the network I could see the shared drive and modify any folder but the backup one. I just recently reinstalled Windows Vista (Went from 32 bit to 64 bit) and now I can’t remember how I had set the permissions. I have a 1TB secondary drive in my desktop computer that I have the root of shared over my local network. Inside are 5 folders, all but one of I want to be accessible over the network (one is a backup folder I don't want accessible to other network computers). Before I reinstalled my OS I had figured some way of changing the permissions so that if I was on the desktop itself I could get into the backup folder, but if I was on any other computer on the network I could see the shared drive and modify any folder but the backup one. I just recently reinstalled Windows Vista (Went from 32 bit to 64 bit) and now I can’t remember how I had set the permissions.

Does anyone know how I can make that drive shared, and all the folders but the backup one accessible over my local network? I don’t want to set up a different share for each folder and I don’t want to create a separate folder for the shared stuff, I would like to leave the root of the drive shared but with one folder a network user can’t get into.

I am running Windows Vista Business 64 bit edition

Add leaves and fruit, but don't cut the branches

bartleby — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:27:56 -0800

On a Windows share with a complex file tree, is there any way to lock down the tree so that folders can be added by all, but the directory structure itself can't be changed? People keep dragging folders or whole sections of a directory tree on a network file server and leaving them inside another location on the tree; so the HR folder and its subfolders suddenly end up inside the Accounting section. (No one admits to moving them, of course.)

Users need to be able to create their own subfolders, and add documents and move them around throughout the tree; but I'm trying to find a way to allow this while also blocking the ability to move folders from one location in the tree to another, or otherwise make change the directory structure.

I'm not coming up with anything; is there something obvious I've missed?

What's the best P2P direct connect software for University networks?

ilumos — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:43:24 -0800

What's the best P2P direct connect software for University networks? Which is the best software (not necessarily the most widely used) software for running a darknet on my University's network?

DC++?
Alliance?
Waste?

I'm off to Uni in a week and would like to share some of my files with the rest of the uni network, as external P2P programs aren't allowed at all.

I'm aware that most people use DC++, but I cant say I like it, its a bit clunky.

I recently discovered Alliance which looks promising. Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?

Any tips at all on the subject would be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking of setting up a hub, running my (thankfully silent) PC 24/7 and inviting people with calling cards slipped under doors, or something...

Cheers :)

VGA to Ethernet device?

yellowbkpk — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:24:05 -0800

Where can I find a standalone device that has a female DB-15 VGA port on one side and a female Cat-5 on the other, with a VNC server in between? I work away from the office a lot, and I have yet to find a simple software solution for sharing screens over the net. I've tried oneclick VNC, NetMeeting, and the company's "solution."

Therefore, I'd like try and find a hardware doohickey that takes the VGA signal given to it, shoves it into a VNC server, and out the Cat-5 port on the other side. Has anyone heard of something like this? I suppose it doesn't have to be VNC.

If such a thing doesn't exist, how hard do you suppose it would be to make one? Think I could decode the VGA signal with a Gumstix-grade CPU?

Doesn't let me delete!

Devileyezz — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:28:49 -0800

I run Abyss Webserver, and of late.. sometimes when I try to rename/move/delete any folder within htdocs folder, it doesn't let me to. It says access denied. I try removing the read-only attrib, and it comes back. Sometimes this also happens with just any folder/file all over the filesystem.

What's wrong?

While we're on it:

I have a network in this house shared by 7 roommates, and we have mp3/movies on network share. Same workgroup name, no passwords, etc. But sometimes all of a sudden when I check out My Network Places, and I try to access "Movies on pete" or any other folder, it says Access denied, network path not found or some stupid stiff like that.

What gives?

WinXP Home Network

Daddio — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:58:02 -0800

WinXP Home Network: Two machines, each running WinXP. I 'm successfully sharing most of the files in a folder, but get "access denied" on some of them. [+] The message I get is

Cannot copy doit.exe : Access is denied. Make sure the the disk is not full or write-protected, and that the file is not currently in use.

This happens for MPG and EXE files, but not for things like DAT or JPG. Only happens when I am on the new machine grabbing files from the old one: if I'm on the old one, I can put the same files onto the new one's HD just fine.

I must be missing something... someone please enlighten me!