How to configure file sharing in Windows XP??

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Crackles McFarly

I've already visited this location with no luck >

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040

All I want to do is share a folder with another computer via my home's
LAN.

The "Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)" is not listed on my
computer anywhere either.

Can someone walk me through this please?
 
Crackles McFarly said:
I've already visited this location with no luck >

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040

All I want to do is share a folder with another computer via my home's
LAN.

The "Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)" is not listed on my
computer anywhere either.

Can someone walk me through this please?
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Which version of XP? In XP Pro, this value is listed in the "folder
options" tab of the control panel.
In XP Home, simple file sharing is all that there is.

Thus, how you proceed depends on which version you have.

Jim
 
Crackles said:
I've already visited this location with no luck >

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040

All I want to do is share a folder with another computer via my home's
LAN.

The "Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)" is not listed on my
computer anywhere either.

Can someone walk me through this please?
Click to expand...


On each WinXP PC, create local user account(s), with non-blank
password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
shares. Log on to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will be
able to access the designated shares, provided your network is
configured properly. Also, make sure that WinXP's built-in firewall is
disabled on the internal LAN connection.

Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm

PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm


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Which version of XP? In XP Pro, this value is listed in the "folder
options" tab of the control panel.
In XP Home, simple file sharing is all that there is.

Thus, how you proceed depends on which version you have.

Jim
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XP HOME
And that isn't available, simple fire sharing.
 
Crackles McFarly said:
XP HOME
And that isn't available, simple fire sharing.
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Not so. Simple file sharing is all you have. A reason that you can't see
the option is that XP Home supports nothing else.
You must use Guest authentication for mapping shares. For this to work, the
Guest account must be enabled.

I found the information in Help & Support hard to follow. I then switch to
the net command which you get at from the cmd command processor.
For instance, net share <and the other required parameters> creats a shared
resource. Net map <and the other required parameters> maps a remote shared
resource to a local resource.

To learn about these things, enter net ? at the cmd command prompt.

Jim
 
?? earth to windows, seriously this was not this difficult 6 months
ago when I did it..
 
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