I'm trying to set up a home network between my wife's laptop (Me) and my PC
(XP home), but the laptop has no floppy disk or CD writer and the PC informs
me "There is no floppy disk(true) or other removable memory (not true I have
a DVD/CD writer). Any ideas what's going on?
Why are you looking for a floppy disk or CD writer? Is it because
XP's Network Setup Wizard tells you that you have to run the Wizard on
the other computer?
You don't need to do that. You can make the network settings on your
wife's laptop manually. Go to Control Panel > Network and:
1. Add these network components if they aren't already present:
TCP/IP protocol
Client for Microsoft Networks
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
2. Remove these network components if they're present:
IPX/SPX protocol
NetBEUI protocol
Client for NetWare networks
3. Set the workgroup name to the same name as the Windows XP computer
uses (default for XP is MSHOME).
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