Re: File Sharing between 2 PC's

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David Ewer <DavidEwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For PC1 (XP Home) the option is not shown. For PC2 (XP Pro) the option is
> turned off.

Turn it on on the XP Pro machine. [it's not shown on XP Home machine
because SFS is always on in XP Home]

For file sharing to work, the "remote" user needs an account on the
"server" machine. Easiest way around this is Simple File Sharing (which
uses the Guest account), or make accounts on both machines that have the
same username and password.

If you still can't get it working, run the Network Setup Wizzard, that'll
make sure all necessary services and settings are intialized for file
sharing.
.

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