Right, I have recently had to get a new hard drive for my laptop and this has
deleted all previous settings - I have managed to connect to the internet on
the office wireless network having downloaded the wirelsess software but I
can't get the fiel sharing from the two other PCs I once had. Any ideas?

Where do I get the settings from for that sort of access?

Pips wrote:

This is not a wireless issue but rather is because you have to set up your
local area network (lan) sharing again. Can you get the Internet at home?
I'm assuming you can and that you are just missing the file sharing. I'm
also assuming that you are running Windows XP. If you are running some
other operating system, then post back with more details. Here is a link
that will show you what you need to include in your next post.

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

For the lan sharing, run the Network Setup Wizard on the computer, making
sure to enable File & Printer Sharing, and reboot. 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 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're
fine. If you have third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the
Local Area Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls
with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you
would substitute your correct subnet.

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the Simple
File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means that
anyone without a user account on the target system can use its resources.
This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters in your
situation.

Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share folders
inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared
Documents folder.

If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network troubleshooter by
MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it and it will usually
pinpoint the problem area(s) - http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Malke

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