Sharing Printer And Folders In Windows Xp

If you have two computers and you want to share files and printers with each other . Do these steps right click the folder > sharing and security > share this folder on the network > give the shared name for this folder. You can set further rights and permissions on this folder for different users.

Sharing a printer is the same as sharing a folder on the network. Click start > control panel > printer and faxes > right click on the printer name > properties > sharing > share this folder (set the shared name for the printer. This same shared name of the printer will be accesses from the other computers on the network to access and share the printer such as \\computename\printername.