Simple question - Network 2 XP Machines?

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Two adjacent connected pc's - the one, A, with XP Pro the other, B, with XP
Home installed.

Simple question = How do I network them so that ALL files on A can be viewed
and accessed from B and ALL files on B can be accessed from A?

There's something I can't quite grasp. I can get "Shared" stuff from
each...but I want to view and access EVERYTHING.
Thanks.
 
That is not an easy task, because XP home edition does not support networking in a full featured way. Yes it will allow some form of file sharing but as far as I know to fully network the 2 pc with drive mapping and print sharing you will need XP professional on both systems
 
Two adjacent connected pc's - the one, A, with XP Pro the other, B, with XP
Home installed.
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Simple question = How do I network them so that ALL files on A can be viewed
and accessed from B and ALL files on B can be accessed from A?
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There's something I can't quite grasp. I can get "Shared" stuff from
each...but I want to view and access EVERYTHING.
Thanks.
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Caso said:
That is not an easy task, because XP home edition does not support
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networking in a full featured way. Yes it will allow some form of file
sharing but as far as I know to fully network the 2 pc with drive mapping
and print sharing you will need XP professional on both systems.
 
OrmesbyJohn said:
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networking in a full featured way. Yes it will allow some form of file
sharing but as far as I know to fully network the 2 pc with drive mapping
and print sharing you will need XP professional on both systems.
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That's a blow.
In fact at the moment I can't even view the C drive folders and files on the
Home pc from the Pro pc. Any pointers?
Thanks
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Somehow...and I'm not exactly sure how...managed to achieve exactly what I
want - access to all files on A from B and vic -versa.
Thanks for the help.
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