#How to set up home network file sharing install#
#How to set up home network file sharing windows 10#
#How to set up home network file sharing professional#
#How to set up home network file sharing windows#

You can configure the Windows Firewall to allow file and print sharing, while still blocking other things on XP Home by re-running the network setup wizard by clicking the link in the Network Properties dialog. Your systems might simply be wide open to the world behind your router.

XP Home and Professional do have different file and folder sharing defaults, capabilities and configuration wizards. It seems like it should be a simple matter of using the correct network and sharing settings, but it just doesn't work. I want to be able to use PC1 to see and use files on the hard drive of PC2.

You may find they match on all three computers. I have two Windows 10 PCs connected to my home wifi network. XP Home usually calls the default administrator account 'Owner.' You should be able to see your effective user name in the dialog when you hit Ctrl-Alt-Del. If you didn't specifically set up any logon accounts on your systems, then you are probably all using the same account by default. I did have to turn off Windows Firewall, but I'm behind a router so I am not concerned. The network is three Windows XP Home machines, set up as part of the same workgroup. In a recent column ( ), you replied to a user asking about network file sharing, writing, 'Sharing files in workgroup mode requires that each computer have a local account for each user who will connect.' I didn't set up local accounts for any of the three of us who share files using 'My Network Places.' I share individual folders, and it works well. If not, post feedback if there is any problems.You recently replied to a user asking about network file sharing, saying, 'Sharing files in workgroup mode requires that each computer have a local account for each user who will connect.' I didn't set up local accounts for any of the three of us who sha Give the links on the first answer a read and those links should be able to provide any answers to any question you might have.

If your printer is attached to xp, as I am assuming, when you try printing from a windows 7/vista computer and it is recognized on the network as shared, it will try to install the drivers for you. Keep in mind that if you want to send something to print from any of the other computers to the shared printer, the desktop where the printer is attached to has to be on. To share your printer with the other computers on your network, make sure to go to the printer configuration utility and share the printer by following the steps on one of the links provided on the first answer to the question. make sure that client for microsoft network and file and printer sharing for microsoft network is checkmarked. The next you have to do is check that all the computers have the client for microsoft network checkmark and the File and Printer sharing for Microsoft Network checkmarked on the network connections.

if you change the workgroup name, change it on all the computers on your network a box will pop up greeting you to the new group type a new name on the workgroup box and click ok Select Continue if all areas pass (indicated by a check. if you want to keep WORKGROUP as your group click on ok, if not Double-click the Comcast Home Networking icon on your desktop. on menu/box that pops up click on computer name option click on windows key + Pause/Break key at same time To change or check your workgroup name do the following: Ive been using it for Windows clients from Windows. For basic network services its hard to beat.

You can keep that name or personalize it. Once set up and running, I think youll find Samba does an excellent job as a file/print server.

The default name for workgroup when using windows is WORKGROUP. Hello, first step you should take is making sure all devices belong to the same workgroup.

#How to set up home network file sharing windows#

#How to set up home network file sharing professional#

#How to set up home network file sharing windows 10#

#How to set up home network file sharing install#