Re: Home computer network problem

RPD wrote:
Hi Malke

Thanks for your reply.
I tried rerunning the network setup wizard but when I applied LAN setting it finished the wizard.
I tried using the wireless wizard but this wouldn't work either.

I have McAfee virus protection on one computer & Norton on the other.
I looked at the website but again unsuccessfully.
I have searched the internet for help again unsuccessfully.
I had earlier contacted Belkin for support but they referred me to microsoft support website and I cannot find the answer there.

I don't understand computing technicalities much & think I may be beyond help with this now. Still if anyone feels they can offer more simple instructions to allow me to fix this & so share folders over my home network I would again be grateful for your help & will give it another try! Best wishes

The wireless wizard has nothing to do with setting up file/printer sharing on a local area network (lan). You need to:

1. On each machine, go to the Control Panel and make sure that the Windows Firewall is Off. If it wasn't Off, turn it Off.

2. On each machine, go to Norton and McAfee and configure them to allow your lan as trusted. If you don't know how to do this, look in the programs' Help files. I don't recommend either McAfee or Norton so don't have those programs running on any machines; therefore, I can't check the exact location of those configuration options for you. You'll just need to patiently look - the options are most definitely there.

3. If both machines are XP Home (you didn't say), then you're done except for making the shares. If one or more of the computers are XP Pro or Media Center, read what I wrote in my previous post and either enable Simple Sharing or create identical user accounts/passwords on both machines.

If this is still confusing, consider having a local professional come on-site to set you up. This is easy and doesn't normally take very long so shouldn't be too expensive. There is no shame in doing this. I don't hesitate to call a plumber when I need one. ;-)


Malke
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