Re: Shared drive for Windows Me/Windows 2000 Professional

From: Doug Sherman [MVP] (dsherman_at_nospam.tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 09/09/04


Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:00:32 -0400

Win ME and Win2k can share files just fine:

You will need to enable File and Printer Sharing on Win ME; share a folder
or drive; make sure both machines have the same workgroup name; log onto
both machines with the same user name and password. WinME can read NTFS
volumes over the network.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:860401c495f4$8443ef20$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> My laptop's OS is 2000 Professional and my desktop's OS is
> Windows Me. I'm trying to network the two at home with a
> wireless access router so that I can share the "My
> Documents" folder.
>
> Windows Me claims that it can only share a folder with OS
> 95 or 98. Is there a way around this, or am I out of luck
> here?
>
> Any help would be great...
>



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