Setting Up File and Printer Sharing

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There may be other components listed in addition to the ones shown above, which is fine. If any of the components shown above are missing, however, you’ll need to manually install them. For instructions on how to do this, skip to the section titled Manually Installing Network Components.

When you're finished, restart your computer. The instructions on the next page explain how to enable file and printer sharing in Windows 95 so that your com- puter can be accessed by others and vice-versa.

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1.Start up Windows 95. If you are asked to log in, be sure to give your correct username and password.

2.To set up sharing for the first time on a computer, click on Start and select Settings and Control Panel. Then, double-click on Network.

3.Select the Configuration tab, followed by the File and Printer Sharing button. The File and Printer Sharing window will appear.

4.Decide what types of resources you’d like to make available on the network.

•If you'd like others to be able to access the files on your PC's hard drive, select I want to be able to give others access to my files.

•If you'd like to share your printer with other users on the network, select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer.

5.Click on the OK button. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks should now appear in the list of installed components. Click on the OK but- ton. When asked to restart your PC, click on the Yes button.

Enabling File Sharing

After following the steps on the previous page, double-click on your My Computer icon. A window of available disk drives will appear. Using your right mouse button, click once on the drive that you want to make available to other users. Click on Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab. Click on Share As.

In the Share Name box, give your computer a name (you can call it whatever you want as long as there are no spaces—MaryComputer, Tardis, etc.). Next, decide on the type of access that you want to give other users.

•Read-Only access lets other users view the files on your PC.

•Full access lets users create, change, or delete files on your PC.

•Depends on Password lets users have Read-Only and/or Full access, depend- ing on the password that you decide to give them.

HPN200 specifications

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