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February 28th, 2005, 04:20 PM
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hi
heres my setup -
dlink 502T router connected to DSL line. 2 PC's
my PC connected to router via ethernet
room mate laptop (win2000pro) connected to router via USB output of router. (no ethernet on her old laptop.
i want her to be able play movies and music files hosted from my PC as she doesnt have the hard drive space to copy and play them on her lappy
just wondering if anyone knows a SIMPLE way of being able to do this.
cheers guys
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February 28th, 2005, 04:21 PM
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February 28th, 2005, 04:58 PM
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you have sigs dissabled GZ?
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February 28th, 2005, 04:59 PM
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February 28th, 2005, 05:07 PM
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thanks for link GZ
i just created an Internet gateway connection that it wont let me disable or delete -  | |
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February 28th, 2005, 05:24 PM
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fixed the above error.
the only thing it doesnt mention is how to connect to a winxp system using NTFS (mine) from a win2000pro using FAT32.
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February 28th, 2005, 05:26 PM
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share the folder you want the win2k machine to have access too.
then on the win2000 machine right click on my computer, click map network drive
then type
\\computername\share folder name
ie
\\groundzero3\music
or if you just want to access the whole winxp drive
\\computername\C$
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February 28th, 2005, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by reiss ...how to connect to a winxp system using NTFS (mine) from a win2000pro using FAT32. | FWIW, networking FAT32 and NTFS mixed PCs is a non-issue. Each local machine's OS handles the native file management.... TCP/IP just lets you do the file sharing.
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February 28th, 2005, 06:10 PM
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being a complete novice with networking, im having difficulties enabling my winxp system to allow sharing of a folder. the check box to share a folder is greyed out.
i dont use windows firewall BTW.
Norton, router firewall and nat. | |
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February 28th, 2005, 06:13 PM
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