After installing the file and print sharing protocal make sure the
drives
are shared:

double click on the my computer icon
select the drive you want to share (highlight the drive)
click on file
click on sharing
select "Shared As" give the drive a lable or use the default
Select "Access type" select the one you wish to use
click OK

This assumes you are using Microsoft peer to peer networking



Jerry Rasmussen wrote:

>
> Hi gang,
> I have been requested to provide assistance for a networking problem
> involving three
> computers networked together with a 10-port hub.  One computer is a laptop,
> one a Dell PC and the third a Gateway PC.  The client says that the network
> was working fine for about three months when one day the Dell couldn't see
> any drives shared on the network.  The client remapped the drives and things
> were ok until the next time the Dell was rebooted.  This is the current
> situation:
> The laptop and Gateway can see each other in their respective Network
> Neighborhoods, but neither can see the Dell.  The Dell can see the other two
> computers and attach drives, but cannot see itself in its own Network
> Neighborhood.  I have never heard of this situation.
> The client claims that he has uninstalled Windows networking on the Dell and
> reinstalled it.  He has reinstalled the LAN drivers that came with the NIC
> in the Dell.  He has both NETBUI and TCP/IP protocol stacks loaded in all
> three computers and all have drives available for sharing (Windows
> file/print sharing).
> TIA,
>
> Gerald Rasmussen
> Rasmussen & Bucklin Associates
> Coral Springs FL
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