Re: Access same file on 2 XP home PCs?

On 16 Mar, 10:22, Steve Winograd <bc0705...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:57:21 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds





<rpgsrockd...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My basic setup is -

XP home, contains Word document
XP home

On my second XP box, without the Word document, please can you tell me
how I can view/edit the document on the first box?  The machines are
in the same room.

Machine 1 has two ethernet connections on the mobo, one is used for
the internet, the other is free.  Machine 2 will have a USB ethernet
adapter device installed soon.  Using my very limited understanding
about networks, I'm thinking along the lines of some kind of simple
ethernet cable running between the two machines, but I've heard that
XP Pro has all the networking type stuff and perhaps as I have XP Home
only, I may be out of luck?

Thanks a lot for any advice, best regards from Robert.

XP Home is fine.  It works exactly the same as XP Pro in a home
network.

Connect the two computers' Ethernet adapters to each other using a
crossover Ethernet cable.  A regular Ethernet cable might not work.

Ignore any message saying that the connection has "limited
connectivity".  That just means that the connection doesn't have
access to the Internet.

Run the Network Setup Wizard (in Start > All Programs > Accessories >
Communications) on both computers, and tell the Wizard to enable File
and Printer Sharing.  

Put any documents that you want to access on both computers in the
Shared Documents folder that the Wizard creates.  Right-click and
share any other disks and folders that your want the other computer to
acccess.

To see the shared folders on the first box from the second box, type
the first box's computer name in the Start > Run box in this format:

   \\name
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Great stuff Steve, thanks very much!
I shall get the required ethernet cable!
Best regards from Robert.
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