Sharing C:/ drives on a windows workgroup.

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From: jpaez1020@xxxxxxxxx
Date: 9 Jan 2007 15:51:41 -0800

Hey all.

I am working on setting up a small windows network at the office where
I work. All 3 computers on the network are running windows XP pro.

I have no problem sharing printers and files in the 'Shared' folder,
but I want more. I want to be able to access any computer's C:/ drive
from any other computer on the network, but I cannot figure out how to
do this. I've tried various things such as putting shortcuts to the
desktop and shortcuts to the C:/ drive in the 'Shared' folder to no
avail.

I've seen small LANs before where all computers have access to
everything on the other computers, not just the shared documents. How
is this done? Am I missing some subtlety? Is there a neat little
trick? Is there some cool little tool I could use?

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

~JD

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