Home Edition Network Capability

Having a little trouble finding the clear statements I'm looking for on the
web...

With XP Home Edition, am I able to:
- Connect to a share on another XP computer with the standard
\\computer\share format?
- Connect to a shared printer in the same fashion.
- Share select directories on the Home Edition computer? I think the answer
to this is NO, and it rather is always sharing certain folders.

Thank you!
Tim

Tim Miller wrote:
> Having a little trouble finding the clear statements I'm looking for on the
> web...
>
> With XP Home Edition, am I able to:
> - Connect to a share on another XP computer with the standard
> \\computer\share format?

Yes.

> - Connect to a shared printer in the same fashion.

Yes.

> - Share select directories on the Home Edition computer? I think the answer
> to this is NO, and it rather is always sharing certain folders.
\

Yes, with the caveat that 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 you don't share out directories, they won't be
available.


Malke
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