Network Problem (Sharing)

#1 DarkAngel

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Posted 07 April 2001 - 12:10 AM

Networking in XP is supposed to be easy right? I guess I am a dumbass then. For some strange reason, my network works perfectly. BUT, I cannot get sharing to work on my computer. The default shared folder is fine, but I cannot share drives and folders by just right clicking on the drive and going to Sharing. Anyone know what's wrong? This is really peculiar... I am trying to network XP and 98SE (x2) over a 100mbit network, running DLink cards.

#2 clutch

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Posted 07 April 2001 - 12:48 AM

Do you have "File and Print Sharing" installed in the network properties? I am not booted into WinXP at the moment, but this is how the other OSs have done it.

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#3 luders

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Posted 07 April 2001 - 01:16 AM

It would appear to me that you can only right click and share directories that would not allow access to system files such as c:\share for instance. You cant share c: because it contains system files. That is a theory. I know I tried to share c and could but then just shared my c:\ftp directory by right clicking. However this doesnt apply to other drives as an explanation as I tried to share my cdrom and that didnt work. Anyway, let me know if you figure it out...-Aaron

#4 clutch

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Posted 07 April 2001 - 05:23 AM

I share out CDROMs all the time. You can share out pretty much anything on a system, and you can share out any hard drive that the system can see.

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