networking home computers

Need help networking my 2 home computers. They share an internet connection
through a router. When I go into Network Neighborhood I can see the other
computer's icon but when I double-click it, its not showing any files nor
folders. What step am I missing? Help! Thanks.

Rain wrote:
> Need help networking my 2 home computers. They share an internet connection
> through a router. When I go into Network Neighborhood I can see the other
> computer's icon but when I double-click it, its not showing any files nor
> folders. What step am I missing? Help! Thanks.

You need to turn on file sharing:

My Computer -> Control Panel -> Networking -> File sharing

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"Rain" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Need help networking my 2 home computers. They share an internet connection
>through a router. When I go into Network Neighborhood I can see the other
>computer's icon but when I double-click it, its not showing any files nor
>folders. What step am I missing? Help! Thanks.

You need to configure the service "File and Printer Sharing for
Microsoft Networks" in Control Panel - Networks.

After doing this and rebooting then you also need to configure
something as being shared, such as a hard drive, or hard drive folder;
or a printer.

To configure a driver or folder as shared, right-click on the item in
Windows Explorer and select Sharing.

To configure a printer as shared, open Control Panel - Printers,
right-click on the printer you want to share, select Properties and go
to the Sharing tab.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

I already have "File Sharing" turned on.

"CJT" wrote:

> Rain wrote:
> > Need help networking my 2 home computers. They share an internet connection
> > through a router. When I go into Network Neighborhood I can see the other
> > computer's icon but when I double-click it, its not showing any files nor
> > folders. What step am I missing? Help! Thanks.
>
> You need to turn on file sharing:
>
> My Computer -> Control Panel -> Networking -> File sharing
>
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> The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
> minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...@prodigy.net.
>