Re: Shared My Documents

This is so complicating. I am not that good in computers.

"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ben Stevenson wrote:
For years I've just had a PC while my children had laptops and the
wireless network at home works fine. The other day I decided to buy a
laptop on COMEX show selling cheaper than before (Packard Bell)

The technician has properly installed the OS XP and MS Office and
everything is working OK including the wireless. I believe that I can
share documents between my PC and Laptop. Would appreciate if someone
could guide me on how I can share My Documents between the two machines.
Thanks

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls
such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or
3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup
machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not
permit it.

1. Create identical user accounts and passwords on all machines. If you
wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's
account) for convenience, you can do this.

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

2. Run the Network Setup Wizard on both machines.

3. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network
(LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing
File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network
Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only
"gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you
aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet
Worm Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then
you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN
allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254.
Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than
one firewall.

4. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the Simple
File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means that
anyone without a user account on the target system can use its resources.
This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters in your
situation.

5. Create shares as desired. 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. See the first link above for details about Vista
sharing.


Malke
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