home network

[Guest showmedan]

I've installed a home network from my PC with WINDOWS XP HOME to my

notebook with WINDOWS VISTA

I'm able to access the internet on my notebook using the wireless network

router, however I can't utilize my printer, I also have installed a ETHERNET

10/100 CARD.

other hardware & programs which are on the pc. In order to obtain files such

as pictures, docs, etc, I have to load them to a cd and download on the

notebook.

Does anyone have A SOLUTION ???

Dan

[Guest showmedan]

Re: home network

 

Correction in text!!!!

 

----- Original Message -----

From: showmedan

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:07 PM

Subject: home network

 

 

I've installed a home network from my PC with WINDOWS XP HOME to my

notebook with WINDOWS VISTA

I'm able to access the internet on my notebook using the wireless network

router, however I can't utilize my printer,other hardware & programs which

are on the pc. In order to obtain files such

as pictures, docs, etc, I have to load them to a cd and download on the

notebook.

I also have installed a ETHERNET 10/100 CARD.

 

Does anyone have A SOLUTION ???

Dan

 

 

 

"showmedan" <danlolab@msn.com> wrote in message

news:eMFSajICJHA.1892@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> I've installed a home network from my PC with WINDOWS XP HOME to my

> notebook with WINDOWS VISTA

> I'm able to access the internet on my notebook using the wireless network

> router, however I can't utilize my printer, I also have installed a

> ETHERNET 10/100 CARD.

> other hardware & programs which are on the pc. In order to obtain files

> such as pictures, docs, etc, I have to load them to a cd and download on

> the notebook.

> Does anyone have A SOLUTION ???

> Dan

>

>

>

[Guest Malke]

Re: home network

 

showmedan wrote:

> Correction in text!!!!

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: showmedan

> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:07 PM

> Subject: home network

>

>

> I've installed a home network from my PC with WINDOWS XP HOME to my

> notebook with WINDOWS VISTA

> I'm able to access the internet on my notebook using the wireless network

> router, however I can't utilize my printer,other hardware & programs which

> are on the pc. In order to obtain files such

> as pictures, docs, etc, I have to load them to a cd and download on the

> notebook.

> I also have installed a ETHERNET 10/100 CARD.

>

> Does anyone have A SOLUTION ???

 

Yes. You need to set up your Local Area Networking File/Printer sharing.

 

Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be

applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look

daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below

systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your

sharing.

 

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer

Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files

and folders:

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

 

For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see

caveat in Item A below).

 

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused

by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful

firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the

built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having

identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying

to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.

 

A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN)

traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer

Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on

XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this

will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a

third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm

Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then you're

fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance

with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you

would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than one firewall. DO

NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.

 

B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This

is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.

 

C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not

need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords

assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just

need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE

PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly

to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you

can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:

 

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

 

D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off

Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

 

E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home

directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those

directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.

See the first link above for details about Vista sharing.

 

F. After you have file sharing working (and have tested this by exchanging a

file between all machines), if you want to share a printer connected

locally to one of your computers, share it out from that machine. Then go

to the printer mftr.'s website and download the latest drivers for the

correct operating system(s). Install them on the target machine(s). The

printer should be seen during the installation routine. If it is not,

install the drivers and then use the Add Printer Wizard. In some instances,

certain printers need to be installed as Local printers but that is outside

of this response.

 

Malke

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