Gateway M520 User Manual page 135

To turn on Windows file and printer sharing:
1
Click
Start
If your Control Panel is in Category View, click
Connections
2
Click/Double-click the
3
Right-click the Local Area Network icon that you want to set up file
and printer sharing on, then click
4
Click
Install
5
Click
Service
6
Click
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
7
Click
OK
8
If prompted, restart your computer.
9
Repeat this procedure on every computer on the network.
Sharing drives or folders
If you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions.
To share drives or folders:
1
Make sure that each computer on your network has Windows file
and printer sharing turned on by following the steps in
on Windows file and printer sharing" on page
2
In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folder
that you want to share, then click
properties dialog box opens.
If you share a drive, the entire contents of that drive will be available
to everyone on your network. If you share a folder, only the contents
of that folder will be available to everyone on the network.
, then click
Control Panel
.
Network Connections
.
, then click
.
www.gateway.com
. The Control Panel window opens.
Properties
.
Add
Sharing and Security
Network and Internet
icon.
.
.
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