Re: Network Sharing Help

Blake wrote:
> First of all. I appreciate all the answers and help.
>
> Fitzbugglit,
> I already checked the firewalls. I discovered the firewall
> situation by searching a few days ago. I turned the Windows
> XP firewall off and I am using the Norton firewall on my
> laptop. What is the difference between the 2 firewalls?
>
> Nepatsfan,
> I followed your steps and the file and printer sharing is
> working perfectly. Now I have a few more questions. I am
> using Outlook Express 6 on my desktop with Windows 2000 Pro.
> I am trying to get my e-mail to receive on my laptop which I
> am also using OE6 but on XP Pro. I can send e-mail from my
> laptop but I receive e-mail through my desktop. How do I set
> OE6 up to receive e-mail on my laptop as well as my desktop?
> On my desktop, I have a profile for my wife and myself.
> Which means she has her own address book and I have my own.
> Where are the address books located? I was able to import
> the "DEFAULT" address book but it has both my e-mail
> addresses as well as my wife's e-mail addresses mixed
> together. Which is better OE6 or Outlook 2003?
>
> I am hoping to do a clean install of XP Pro to my desk top
> this weekend. Will I still be able to use my laptop to
> access the internet, e-mail, printers and files while my
> desktop is down? I will save our important files to my
> laptop before I perform the clean install.
>
> Thanks,
> Blake

Glad to see that you got your networking issues resolved.

You might want to post your email questions to the Outlook
Express newsgroup:

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/newsReader.aspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress&sloc=en-us

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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