Have you actually shared any drives, folder or files?  XP
Professional is very fussy about this.

George. 

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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
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> Sent: 11 April 2005 16:14
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] Windos file sharing
> 
> Hello list, I have been trying to setup a vpn and share my

> files from my desktop with my laptop at my house. I have a

> Window XP Pro desktop connected via ethernet cable to a 
> Linksys WPC54gs router. I connect my laptop through its
built 
> in wireless card. Email and internet access works fine on 
> both machines. On the desktop I setup windows networks 
> wizzard to confiure the netword using the setting that
said 
> "this computer connects directly to the internet or
through a 
> hub" and turned on file and printer sharing. I named the 
> computer "OfficePC" and left the default workgroup name of

> "mshome". I then went into my documents and through the 
> sharing menu choice AI turned on file sharing on the
network 
> and allow changes and called the folder "officedocs". I
then 
> did the same thing on the laptop but called it "notebook"
and 
> called the my documents folder as "notebookdocs". What do
I 
> do from here? When I go into my netword places on the
desktop 
> I see the local documents folder but not!
>   the one on the laptop. Likewaise when I go into my
netword 
> places on the laptop I see the laptop documents but
nothing 
> about the desktop. I tried map network drives but same 
> results the tree view doesn't show anything about the
other 
> computer. I tried shutting down zonealarm firewall but it 
> didn't seem to make any difference. Cany anyone help
thanks Frank
> 
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