An alternative found lately is to setup a additional email account at:
http://www.inbox.com
where the free account can hold up to 2gb of data when receiving email with files attached.
You could then download the attachment with either desktop or laptop to disk by clicking on
the "save to disk" option. File sharing itself is an option in Windows. That is either enabled
or disabled generally upon installation.
"File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks The File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks component allows other computers on a network to access resources on your computer by using a Microsoft network.
The component is installed and enabled by default. It is enabled per connection ising TCP/IP and is necessary to share local folders.
The File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks component is the equivalent of the Server service in Windows NT 4.0.
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The above is found in the Windows help section. The following link provides a series of MS
articles depending on the OS you are running. Generally this is a default service on NT OSs.
http://search.microsoft.com/results....ing+in+Windows