Home Edition Network Capability

[Tim Miller]

Having a little trouble finding the clear statements I'm looking for on the
web...

With XP Home Edition, am I able to:
- Connect to a share on another XP computer with the standard
\\computer\share format?
- Connect to a shared printer in the same fashion.
- Share select directories on the Home Edition computer? I think the answer
to this is NO, and it rather is always sharing certain folders.

Thank you!
Tim

 

[Malke]

Having a little trouble finding the clear statements I'm looking for on the
web...

With XP Home Edition, am I able to:
- Connect to a share on another XP computer with the standard
\\computer\share format?
Yes.

- Connect to a shared printer in the same fashion.
Yes.

- Share select directories on the Home Edition computer? I think the answer
to this is NO, and it rather is always sharing certain folders.

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Yes, with the caveat that XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home
directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share folders
inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared
Documents folder. If you don't share out directories, they won't be
available.


Malke