Historically, consumer-oriented editions of the Windows operating system have allowed users to share data across multiple machines. However, in order for users to share data, they are required to create individual user profiles for each machine and connect each machine to the same local network. More inexperienced users must also deal with the complexity of configuring login credential and user permission settings. The idea of creating a simplified file sharing solution for home users of the Windows operating system predates the development of Castle. Earlier consumer-oriented editions of Windows, including Windows 98 and Windows ME, allowed users to share data without protecting it with a password; the first consumer edition of Windows NT, Windows XP, introduced a Simple File Sharing feat
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| - Historically, consumer-oriented editions of the Windows operating system have allowed users to share data across multiple machines. However, in order for users to share data, they are required to create individual user profiles for each machine and connect each machine to the same local network. More inexperienced users must also deal with the complexity of configuring login credential and user permission settings. The idea of creating a simplified file sharing solution for home users of the Windows operating system predates the development of Castle. Earlier consumer-oriented editions of Windows, including Windows 98 and Windows ME, allowed users to share data without protecting it with a password; the first consumer edition of Windows NT, Windows XP, introduced a Simple File Sharing feat
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| - Historically, consumer-oriented editions of the Windows operating system have allowed users to share data across multiple machines. However, in order for users to share data, they are required to create individual user profiles for each machine and connect each machine to the same local network. More inexperienced users must also deal with the complexity of configuring login credential and user permission settings. The idea of creating a simplified file sharing solution for home users of the Windows operating system predates the development of Castle. Earlier consumer-oriented editions of Windows, including Windows 98 and Windows ME, allowed users to share data without protecting it with a password; the first consumer edition of Windows NT, Windows XP, introduced a Simple File Sharing feature which offered similar functionality. While these features made it easier for more inexperienced users to share data without the complexity of traditional sharing settings, they also introduced a potential security risk in that they allowed every user on the same local network to access it. Moreover, they did not solve the problem of allowing a single user to securely access his or her data from any computer without the complexity of creating individual accounts on multiple machines. Castle aimed to solve this problem by securely replicating user profiles across multiple machines; in this sense, it is similar to the roaming user profile feature in server versions of Windows where an administrator can store user profiles on a centralized server, thereby allowing users to access their data regardless of which computer they are using.
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