Seeing my other computers on the network

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I'm running windows 2000 on 3 home computers. I am also using a
Linksys BEFSR41 router. How do I go in and setup so that I can see
the other computers and exchange files between them?
 
First you'll need to bind "File and Printer Sharing" to the LAN connection.
Control Panel|Network|"connection"|Properties

You'll also want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the
Windows 2000 machine with the username and password that you use to logon to
the others with. Then you'll need to share out the resource(s) with
permissions for those users. Also make sure they're all part of the same
workgroup and on the same subnet. Then you'll no longer be prompted for the
IPC$ password (Inter-process communication)

In a peer level workgroup, when you try to access resources on a Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista machine, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista needs to
authenticate the user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local
account database, then access will be denied.



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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
First you'll need to bind "File and Printer Sharing" to the LAN connection.
Control Panel|Network|"connection"|Properties

You'll also want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the
Windows 2000 machine with the username and password that you use to logon to
the others with. Then you'll need to share out the resource(s) with
permissions for those users. Also make sure they're all part of the same
workgroup and on the same subnet. Then you'll no longer be prompted for the
IPC$ password (Inter-process communication)

In a peer level workgroup, when you try to access resources on a Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista machine, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista needs to
authenticate the user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local
account database, then access will be denied.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Rob said:
I'm running windows 2000 on 3 home computers. I am also using a
Linksys BEFSR41 router. How do I go in and setup so that I can see
the other computers and exchange files between them?
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Yikes! Sounds complicated. I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
 
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