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.
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.