# Windows 7 folder sharing question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-folder-sharing-question/663904>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-folder-sharing-question/663904 "2013-07-19T03:28:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-folder-sharing-question/663904/1 "2013-07-19T03:28:58Z")

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I can’t find anything on Google, but I’m hoping that this is possible.

I have a shared folder that instead of letting anyone access it, I want to be able to name specific computers on the local network that I want to have access to the folder. on both:  
Sharing tab -\> click Share -\> Add  
or  
Security tab -\> click Edit -\> click Add

All I’m allowed to choose from are local accounts. Is there a way to change this, or a work-around? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-folder-sharing-question/663904/2 "2013-07-19T03:54:43Z")

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AFAIK, there’s no way to manage access control in Windows using a computer name, only users.

You can make a new account on the local machine that has access to the specific shared folder. Then, remote users will have to use the new account credentials to connect to that folder.