Default Browsers

I'm still trying to solve a File-Sharing problem and have eliminated the Firewall as a problem. I thought I read somewhere in this newsgroup that having a different default browser on two machines may prevent a file-sharing network from working properly. Is that the case?

If it is, I have a second question: How does one select a browser to be the "default?" I've tried but been unable to make the two machines to have the same default browser; one is now set at IE6 and the other is set at Firefox. I've been tinkering with both machines and can't seem get it right.

I would like to experiment with setting IE6 as the default browser on both machines. Would some kind reader of this note please post a step-by-step procedure for getting this done?

Many thanks,
Joseph Carrier 

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