Using The Network; Viewing Shared Drives And Folders; Mapping A Network Drive - Gateway LT 1000 User Manual

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Using the network

Viewing shared drives and folders

Help and Support
For more information about
workgroups, click Start, then click Help
and Support. Type the keyword
workgroups in the Search box, then
click the arrow.

Mapping a network drive

Sharing printers
To share printers:
Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.
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If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Printers and Other
Hardware.
Click/Double-click the Printers and Faxes icon. The Printers and Faxes
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window opens.
Right-click the name of the printer you want to share, then click Sharing.
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Click Share this printer.
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Click OK.
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After the drives and printers on each network computer are shared, you can:
View shared drives and folders
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Map a network drive
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Open and copy files stored on other network computers
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Print documents on network printers
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To view shared drives and folders:
Click Start, then click My Network Places. The My Network Places window
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opens.
Click/Double-click Entire Network. The Entire Network window opens. If
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you do not see the contents of the network after you double-click Entire
Network, click entire contents.
Double-click Microsoft Windows Network.
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Double-click the name of your workgroup. The names of each of the
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computers in your workgroup are listed.
Double-click the name of the computer containing the drive or folder you
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want to view. All shared drives and folders are listed.
After a drive or folder on one computer is mapped as a drive on another computer,
the contents of the drive or folder can be accessed as if the drive were attached
directly to the computer.
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