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You can try the following on both machines:
1) Launch command prompt ( click Start > Run > type cmd and hit OK)
2)Type the command -> ipconfig and then hit enter.
3) You will get an ipaddress for your box ( it should not be starting with
169 (169.xxx.xxx.xxx))
4) Then try to ping your laptop from the desktop and vice versa ( you will
need to enable ping in firewall or disable firewall temporarily )
On the desktop machine bring up the command prompt and use the ping command
as follows
>ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -----> where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is you laptop
ipaddress.
On the laptop machine bring up the command prompt and use the ping command
as follows
>ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -----> where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is you desktop
ipaddress.
It you can ping successfully between the two machines then you have
connectivity and can try accessing your share from the laptop by using the
guide in the link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814004
If ping fails then you need to resolve the connectivity issues before trying
to access the share over the network.
example of ping:
C:\ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Pinging xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), ----> 0% loss means
you have connectivity 100% loss means connection between the laptop and
desktop is bad
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"JLunis" <jlunis@charter.net> wrote in message
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> kapil [MSFT] wrote:
>> This link here has information on file sharing for Windows XP home
>> edition. For file sharing to work you essentially need to have a small
>> network setup that includes your desktop and laptop. This article
>> outlines this process and is divided into eight parts ( part 7 deals with
>> file sharing). Here is the link.
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814004 ( part 7)
>>
>> You can find links to the other parts in the reference section at the end
>> of the article.
> Thanks for the link. Quite in-depth.
> And I wonder if I have found a problem. On my laptop, when I go to
> Control Panel|Network connections, I see one network called "Wireless."
> When I click on this I see the network connection in blue.
> When I go to the PC's Control Panel|Network connections, I see one network
> called "Local Network." Nothing about wireless. But, when I click
> Wireless Network Setup Wizard" one option is "Add a device to
> "Home_Network." I can see nowhere on my PC to view available networks. Is
> this significant?
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