Shared files for dummies

[Leland Ness]

Hello all,

I have a PC and a laptop, both HP, both running XP Home SP2. A Linksys
router is tied into the PC, while the laptop has a Linksys adaptor card.

I can access the internet from both, so the wireless system is running fine.

But what I really want to do is share files. Is there a simple (read: real
simple) step-by-step guide to how to configure a network on XP so I can do
that? I googled, but came up mostly with flame wars about whether to
install additional software, etc. I am hoping there is something like "go
to this tab, check this box, type in a network name here", etc.

Any help is appreciated.

Lee

 

[Chuck]

Hello all,

I have a PC and a laptop, both HP, both running XP Home SP2. A Linksys
router is tied into the PC, while the laptop has a Linksys adaptor card.

I can access the internet from both, so the wireless system is running fine.

But what I really want to do is share files. Is there a simple (read: real
simple) step-by-step guide to how to configure a network on XP so I can do
that? I googled, but came up mostly with flame wars about whether to
install additional software, etc. I am hoping there is something like "go
to this tab, check this box, type in a network name here", etc.

Lee,

Here are a few websites with useful tutorials:
http://www.cablesense.com/
http://www.homenethelp.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.wown.com/

Lee, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address mining
viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit
safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Lance]

Leland Ness said the following on 9/15/2004 5:39 AM:

Hello all,

I have a PC and a laptop, both HP, both running XP Home SP2. A Linksys
router is tied into the PC, while the laptop has a Linksys adaptor card.

I can access the internet from both, so the wireless system is running fine.

But what I really want to do is share files. Is there a simple (read: real
simple) step-by-step guide to how to configure a network on XP so I can do
that? I googled, but came up mostly with flame wars about whether to
install additional software, etc. I am hoping there is something like "go
to this tab, check this box, type in a network name here", etc.

Complete with screen shots:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
By Ron Lowe and Steve Winograd
December 12, 2001
<http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm>

Windows XP Simple File Sharing
<http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm>

Lance
*****

 

[Leland Ness]

Lance,

That worked like a charm.

Thanks

Lee

Leland Ness said the following on 9/15/2004 5:39 AM:


Complete with screen shots:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
By Ron Lowe and Steve Winograd
December 12, 2001
<http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm>

Windows XP Simple File Sharing
<http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm>

Lance
*****

 

[Lance]

Great!
(and thanks for listening to Chuck and munging your address)

Lance
*****

Leland Ness said the following on 9/15/2004 12:10 PM: