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Gonaenodaethat
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Reg'd: Sun
Posts: 2
Loc: Moray
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Sorry if this has been asked before...
I'm trying to set up a wireless network for all the computers in the house (1 laptop & 1 desktop), but I'm having real problems getting the systems to "talk" to each other.
Each computer is independently connected to the wireless network and can access the internet with no problems.
I ran the Network Setup Wizard, but nothing seems to be happening.
The laptop can see the desktop, but cannot access it.
The desktop cannot see the laptop.
I have administrator access on both systems.
The laptop is running Zonealarm firewall.
Any advice would be welcomed.
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BurrWalnut
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Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 3458
Loc: London, England
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Check your firewall settings. Normal route to sharing folders/files is :
Set up a workgroup by right-clicking My Computer > Properties > Computer Name and change the default workgroup name to something a bit more meaningful, also make the computer name recognisable, e.g. MainPC or IBMPC. The computer should reboot. Now identify the folders/files you want to share and right-click them and select share and read or read/write access. A little hand should appear under those that are shared.
Note that Vista is slightly different, have a look here http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx Win XP Pro is also different, here http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/08clientconnect.htm
Repeat this on other PCs, use the same workgroup name but, of course, a different computer name.
To see or copy files, go to Start > My Network Places (Network in Vista) and the computers/folders/files should appear. In Explorer drag them from one PC to the other.
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dedward67
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Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 13
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Hi
Provided you are using XP pro (home's probab"ly similar), you need to go to My Computer and select the drive or folder you want to see from your other computer, i.e. the whole c: drive or just a folder on the c: drive. In the example of the Whole c: drive, right click on the C: drive and select sharing and security. A message will appear telling you "If you understand the risk and still want to share the root of the drive click here". Click on the message and on the next screen put a tick in the box that says "share this folder on the network". Give it a share name (in this example lets say cdrive) and select whether you want other users to be able to change files. Click apply and then OK a couple of times. To connect to this computer from your other computer, you use what is called a UNC path. For example if this computer is called comp1, from your second computer at the run command, you would type \\comp1\cdrive. This being the name of the computer you want to connect to and the name of the share. If you just type \\comp1, all shares on the host computer will be displayed.
If you want to make your new share (cdrive) in this example, hidden so it's not visible by typing \\comp1, you should name it with a $ suffix i.e. cdrive$ instead of cdrive. You could still get to it by typing \\comp1\cdrive$, but by typing \\comp1 this share won't be shown. This is often used as additional security as should your system be hacked, a hacker will look for shares.
On another note, if you're using Zone Alarm, you may need to set permissions in Zone alarm to allow a PC to connect to the Zone Alarm PC.  
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