Re: Another USER might be logged on?

Kris wrote:
> Dave_s writes:
>> Question:
>> Occasionally, when the wired desktop is turned off, XP often asks at
>> shutdown, "Other USERS might be logged on, do you really want to
>> shutdown and risk them, loosing data"?
>> Not sure of exact message.
>>
>> Always when I am asked this question, the other two wireless PCs have
>> been OFF all day. Is it possible that another USER [not part of my LAN]
>> is really logged on?
> [...]
>
> Next time you get the message, close all your Internet-using apps and
> use TCPView to see what programs have open connections.
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/TcpView.mspx
>
> If you don't share files between PCs, you can "unbind" file sharing from
> the network/wireless interface.
> http://sis.berkeley.edu/SIS/sis-trai...le-sharing.htm
>
> You say you are using WEP. WEP is just "encoding" (this alleged
> "encryption" is now basically as effective as ROT13) and you must change
> to WPA immediately with a non-dictionary or multi-word passphrase.

I understand the limitations of WEP. My very old router only allows
WEP. I must buy another router to use WPA.

Two of the PCs on LAN are laptops with small hard disks.
The third PC is a desktop with large hard disk. As I install [new] WIN
XP PRO on a laptop, I download files through LAN from the desktop's
large drive. I think that is file sharing. Would not be easy to move
files between PCs via LAN without file sharing. If I understand, I
cannot stop file sharing through the LAN. I may be confused, please comment.