Microsoft KB Archive/155286

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Last reviewed: January 15, 1997

Article ID: Q155286 The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft NetMeeting version 1.0 for Windows 95

SUMMARY
When you share a program in Microsoft NetMeeting version 1.0 and then click Collaborate on the Tools menu, other meeting participants may be able to access files on your hard disk. Their ability to access your files may include the ability to create new files or open, modify, move, or delete existing files. Other meeting participants can access your files in this manner regardless of whether the files are shared on your computer.

MORE INFORMATION
NetMeeting allows you to share a program with other people in an online meeting. When you share a program and then click Collaborate on the Tools menu, other meeting participants are able to use the program themselves, instead watching you use it.

When other people in a meeting are using a program that you shared from your computer, they are able to use the program as if they were actually using it at your computer. Depending on the program you shared, their ability to use the program may include the ability to access your files. For example, if you are able to open files from your hard disk when using a program at your computer, the other people are also able to open files from your hard disk when using the program from their computer.

Because sharing a file on your hard disk does not affect your ability to access the file locally, it does not affect another person's ability to access the file when you share a program with NetMeeting.

For additional information about sharing programs in NetMeeting, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q154354 TITLE    : How to Share Programs with NetMeeting
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