Using The Network; Viewing Shared Drives And Folders - Gateway FX User Manual

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Using the network

Viewing shared drives and folders

Help & 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.
Sharing printers
To share printers:
Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. If
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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
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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.
. The Entire Network window opens. If you
Entire Network
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