Re: Novice: Sharing folder with my other PC?

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:55:38 +0000, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:55:58 +0000, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A month ago I had some help here from Fatal_Exception in this thread:

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Here is further information that might help an expert to identify the
obstacle.

I r-clicked on the folder 'Transfers' on my desktop and chose Sharing
and Security. NOTHING was initially checked in the resulting dialog,
bit as soon as I enabled 'Share this folder on the network' the name
'Transfers' appeared and the dialog looked like this:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/SharedFolder1.jpg

But when I then tried to Apply this, I got
"An error occurred while trying to share Transfers. The Server service
is not started. The shared resource was not created at this time."

Yet in XP Home Services I *have* no service called 'Server', disabled
or otherwise.

While studying Services, I saw one called Computer Browser, whose
description is:
"Maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies
this list to computers designated as browsers. If this service is
stopped, this list will not be updated or maintained. If this service
is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to
start."

That was Enabled but not Started. It sounded vaguely necessary, but
when I tried to start it I got:
"Could not start the Computer Browser service on Local Computer.
Error 1058: The service cannot be started, either because it is
disabled or because it has no enabled devices."

It's beginning to look as if this ultra-simple wireless LAN network of
mine (one PC with a W98 PC used maybe 20 times a year) is not
correctly set up somehow. Yet as I said in my OP, I *can* get internet
access from the W98, which presumably contradicts that?

Any clues from the above please?

Terry,

Please read my article, and make sure that you have all necessary network
components and services:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#Components>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#Components

Thanks Chuck. I will try reading it. But, as per my subject header,
I'm a complete novice, and at a quick first scan the article mostly
looks beyond my comprehension.

I'm still hoping someone can offer a relatively simple solution in
terms I can grasp <g>.

Terry,

Do your best. Take each item one step at a time, and follow each link. I don't
include pictures in my articles, but I do try to include step-by-step
instructions.

If there's anything specific that you can't understand, please identify it as
obviously as possible. Your questions, combined with my updates, could make my
website more readable to others like you. That's the purpose of community
support after all.

When you say
I *have* no service called 'Server', disabled or otherwise
I have to suspect that you have not loaded the File and Printer Sharing network
component. So go thru my article, item by item.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
.

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