I NEEEEEEeD TO NO HOW TO SHARE FILES!!!!?

Question

I have a wireless router.
my desktop is hooked up to it via ethernet cable
my laptop is using it via wireless USB thing?
They both r on the internet fine
they both use windows xp
i have the thing on my laptop i checked it off the thing that says use files sharing over a network
i just dont no how to receive them on my desktop
i am doing a restore of windows today on my laptop and ijust want to keep my music and put it on my desktop with file sharing
PLEASE HELP ITS AN EMERGENCY!

Answer 1

1. Locate a folder on the computer.
2. Right-click the file that you want to share, and then click Sharing and Security to view additional settings.


3. The next two windows only appear when you are setting up your first shared item. Windows notifies you that sharing data presents a certain security risk. Therefore, remote access is turned off by default. Click the Security warning message, click Just enable file sharing, and then click OK.






4. Now you can share data. Click Share this folder on the network, and then type a share name. You can use this name later to access the data. The share name and the folder name do not have to be the same.


5. Specify whether the data that is accessed over the network can be changed, and then click OK.
6. The icon for the shared folder appears with a picture of a hand:




To access the shared folder, click Start, click My Computer, and then click My Network Places. You can access the shared folder in the following ways:• Directly on the top level
• Hierarchically on the computer level
When you open My computer, the shared resources for all the computers in your small network are listed next to each other. You can find the required folder under Share_name on Computer_name.



If you entered a computer description when you assigned a computer name, you must search for Share_name on Computer_description (Computer name).

If you work your way down to a specific computer in the network, you will see only the shared resources on this one computer. Click View workgroup computers, double-click the computer names (either as Computer_name or as Computer_description [Computer name]), and then search for the name of the shared file.

Check the following link for detailed steps with pictures:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814004/

You can also check the following articles for detailed info about sharing resources in a small network on windows XP:

813936 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813936/) How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 1)
813937 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813937/) How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 2)
813938 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813938/) How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 3)
813939 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813939/) How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 4)
813940 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813940/) How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 5)
814003 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814003/) How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 6)
814005 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814005/) How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 8)

Answer 2

On the laptop, turn on "file sharing" for the directories you want to transfer to the other computer. (Or just share the entire drive - quicker to do). Be sure to give "Full Control" or "Read/Write" (depending on version of Windows) rights to the drive. Otherwise you can see, but not copy.

Go to the desktop and look in My Network Places (or Network Neighborhood depending on the version of Windows you are using). Click that you want to View the Entire Network. It should show you the laptop as one of the computers on the network.

Click on the icon for the laptop and you should be able to see the shared drive(s). Find the files, and drag them to your desktop.

Answer 3

In order to share files on Windows, the machines must have the file and printer sharing turned on, the folder you want to share must also be shared, and both machines HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME WORKGROUP.

The easiest way to do that with XP is run the network setup wizard and be sure that the workgroup is set to the same name on both machines. Alternately you can right click on "MyComputer" click "Properties" Click the tab that says "Comupter Name" and verify that the workgroup name is the same on both machines.

Once that is done then the "Network Places" will show shared folders of BOTH machines, You can then "drag and drop" your files between machines.

Answer 4

Yes Windows XP offers an amazing way of sharing files. To do this, please right click on the desired partition(C,D,E,...) or Folder or File and go to its "Properties".
Go to "Sharing" tab in the properties window.
Click on "If you understand the risk but still want to share the root of the drive, click here" link.
The window will now contain two sections "Local sharing and security" and "Network sharing and security".
In the "Network sharing and security" part, check the boxes "Share this folder on the network" and assign it a share name. If you want users to change the files in the directory, then check "Allow network users to change my files", and click on OK.
Now go to the computer from which you wish to access the files (another computer in your network).
Go to "Network Places", and this automatically detects the shared stuff and makes it accessible to you.

Answer 5

Restore doesn't delete user files, it just restores the OS. But to copy files from laptop to desktop go to My Network Places on your desktop and if you are networked correctly you should see the laptop, then use copy and paste.

Answer 6

Right click the folder the files are in and set it shared. Set the same workgroup name for both machines. Check that the serving machine has the exception set for file and printer sharing in the firewall.

Answer 7

run the networking wizard on both then exchange files through the shared folder ..

Answer 8

Try zipping all your files and sending them to your other pc? Or, put them on a cd, which you decide is easier for you...
Zipping files to me is much easier, I dont do networks.

Answer 9

try

Start > My Network Places

this is assuming you're running XP.

Good luck!

Answer 10

TRy these links for detailed help buddy

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040
http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/FileSharing/Windows/win2kxp.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

do rate if it helped