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BurrWalnut
Chippendaler
Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 3480
Loc: London, England
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Re: home network problem
Wed Dec 05 2007 03:47 PM
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Presumably both running WinXP.
Have you set up a workgroup? If not do it by right-clicking My Computer > Properties > Computer Name and change the default Workgroup Name to something more meaningful in your household, 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.
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.
Share a printer, here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/maintain/printers.mspx
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