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how do i share my printer and files over home network?

April 26, 2017Computers electronics files Home network home networking networking printer printers routers share

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how do i share my printer and files over home network?

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Chances are the only thing left you need to do is to enable sharing for the files and printer you want to share. But just to be sure, I’ll help you verify the network is OK, then show you how to share the printer and files. To check on your networking manually in XP, do the following on both computers. You will want to first go to Control Panel (it’s on the Start menu), then on the left side choose “switch to classic view”. If there’s no text on the left side then that means you’re already in classic view and can continue. 1. Choose “Network Connections”. In the window that comes up, right-click on Local Area Connection then choose “properties”. In the next window that comes up you will see a box labeled “This connection uses the following items:”. Make sure that all of the following are present: Client for Microsoft Networks, File & Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, and TCP/IP. It is okay if additional things are also present. If any of those are missing, click the “Install…”