File sharing and printer problems plz help!

I have just wired two computers together with a linksys router. I
configured them and both have access to the internet and so on. The problem
is one of the computers cant see the printer or each other. I wanted to be
able to send files to one another. Music, pictures and documents ....ect.
I remember my father before he passed away. He networked three home
computers that where able to send files and so on by just right clicking say
a picture and you would get a option "send to" ---> "any folder" ---> then
you would get and option to send the file to the pc named "whatever". I
don't Have that option and need detailed help thanks. I'm not a complete
fool I just never had my dad explain this part of it to me before he passed
away.

Again thanks for any help offered.





{AGUT}ODIN

A little bit more info would help:
What is you OS?
Do you have the same username and password onto both pc's?

Rgds,
Jimmy

"{AGUT}ODIN" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
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>I have just wired two computers together with a linksys router. I
>configured them and both have access to the internet and so on. The
>problem is one of the computers cant see the printer or each other. I
>wanted to be able to send files to one another. Music, pictures and
>documents ....ect. I remember my father before he passed away. He
>networked three home computers that where able to send files and so on by
>just right clicking say a picture and you would get a option "send to" --->
>"any folder" ---> then you would get and option to send the file to the pc
>named "whatever". I don't Have that option and need detailed help thanks.
>I'm not a complete fool I just never had my dad explain this part of it to
>me before he passed away.
>
> Again thanks for any help offered.
>
>
>

oops! sorry Jimmy. Both pcs are running win XP. each pc has it's own name
with no passwords. At least I left those fields clear when I did a freash
install of the OS's last night. I used the XP help to set everything up
and the the internet doe's work but I cant get the two pc's too see each
other to send files and share the printer.


"Jimmy Kerckhofs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:srZUf.335064$(E-Mail Removed)...
>A little bit more info would help:
> What is you OS?
> Do you have the same username and password onto both pc's?
>
> Rgds,
> Jimmy

What happens if you do following:

\\YourSecondPCName\
and
\\YourSecondPCName\c$

(I know it basic stuff but i don't know how good your skills are ...)

Rgds,
Jimmy

"{AGUT}ODIN" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
news:IMZUf.3906$(E-Mail Removed)...
> oops! sorry Jimmy. Both pcs are running win XP. each pc has it's own
> name with no passwords. At least I left those fields clear when I did a
> freash install of the OS's last night. I used the XP help to set
> everything up and the the internet doe's work but I cant get the two pc's
> too see each other to send files and share the printer.
>
>
> "Jimmy Kerckhofs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:srZUf.335064$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>A little bit more info would help:
>> What is you OS?
>> Do you have the same username and password onto both pc's?
>>
>> Rgds,
>> Jimmy
>
>

Each computer in your home network needs to have a different name, and they
all need to be in the same workgroup.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network3.htm



Sharing files
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network4.htm



Sharing printers
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network6.htm



"{AGUT}ODIN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsnYUf.41510$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have just wired two computers together with a linksys router. I
>configured them and both have access to the internet and so on. The
>problem is one of the computers cant see the printer or each other. I
>wanted to be able to send files to one another. Music, pictures and
>documents ....ect. I remember my father before he passed away. He
>networked three home computers that where able to send files and so on by
>just right clicking say a picture and you would get a option "send to" --->
>"any folder" ---> then you would get and option to send the file to the pc
>named "whatever". I don't Have that option and need detailed help thanks.
>I'm not a complete fool I just never had my dad explain this part of it to
>me before he passed away.
>
> Again thanks for any help offered.
>
>
>