John,
Well I've just been using Windows XP Home edition for about a week now so I
don't know my way around it as well as Windows 98. It's possible that
network sharing is already enabled on your computer. If it is not, it might
be best if you wait for your friend to take a look at this. The option is
under Control Panel and Network Connections but you have to make selections
based upon how you are connecting to the internet and I'm not sure I would
want to try and talk you through this via email.
You could try the following just in case file and printer sharing is already
enabled on your computer. Go to Windows Explorer and then click on your C
drive and pick a folder you might want to share. Right click on the folder
and see if you have an option called sharing and security. If so, hit Enter
on this option. Under the sharing tab, if you tab once there is a check box
that says somethign about allowing this folder to be shared on the network.
Check this box and then the next field you tab to will be the name to share
it as. This box will default to the name of the folder you are sharing but
you can change it if you like. The name you put in this hbox is simply the
name you would see if you were accessing your PC from your BN. I usually
just leave it the same as the name of the folder on the PC to prevent
confusion. I think if you tab again, you get an option that asks you if you
want to be able to write to this folder. Select yes if you want to be able
to send files from your BN to the PC. Otherwise, you will only be able to
look at files from the BN. Click OK and you are done. I think there is
also an option to learn more about file sharing.
You could actually share the entire hard drive but it is not recommended as
it is a security risk. In fact, once you get everything working and if you
haven't done this already, you should turn on encryption on your wireless
card and on your router. Otherwise, anyone could wander by your house and
look at your files from their wireless device.
Paul
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "new list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:09 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] file share
Hi Paul it is windows xp home edition thanks for getting back.
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