This page is for Windows 2000 / XP Professional (there is a slightly different procedure for Windows 95/98/ME and Windows XP Home ) .

you need to logon as "Administrator" or "Standard User" ("Power User") for this step !

You have installed your network card and checked the network configuration.

The question is now: do you only want to connect from your system to another computer on
the network or do you want to allow other computers also to access resources on your system ?
(a network resource is either a complete disk, a folder with all files and subdirectories or a printer)

Unlike Windows95/98/ME, where you need to install "File-and-Print Sharing" as part of the
check/adjusting of the network configuration, Winddows 2000/XP has "File-and-Print Sharing"
installed by default.

You need now to decide, to which part of your computer other system should have access:
which part of your system to SHARE.

You can give access to a complete disk on your computer or to just a folder.
You can allow other system to print on your printer.

Microsoft has changed on Windows XP the method of Sharing a disk/folder

Microsoft has changed on Windows XP the method of Sharing a disk/folder to a new method, designed for the Windows XP Home Edition. For Windows XP Professional, you can select : - to use the "Simple File Sharing" (as designed for XP Home) or - to switch off "Simple File Sharing" Note : By default, "Simple File Sharing" is activated on Windows XP Professional !

	Open "My Comuter" and select from the menu "Tools" to display the "Folder Options..." :
	Tab : "View", section "Advanced settings" : To deactivate the "Simple File Sharing", uncheck the option : If you do not deactivate the "Simple File Sharing", then you have to make your sharing like on Windows XP Home.

Windows XP Professional File-Sharing will work now like on Windows 2000.

	Sharing a compete Disk: In "My Computer", right-click on the disk to be shared and select from the menu: "Sharing"
	The system displays the "Properties" of the disk, with the Tab:"Sharing" pre-selected. By defauly, a Windows 2000 disk is already shared , using "C$", "D$",.. This is the "Administrative Share", used in company networks to allow a network administrator to access your system. It is NOT visible in the Network Neighborhood. ( see Hidden Shared Resources ) Please, do NOT delete this share ! Click on "New Share"
	Define the Share-name, which will be the name of this disk on the network (no blanks,as short as possible). Warning: if the name is more than 12 characters , like : it will NOT be displayed in the Network Neighborhood of a Windows95/98/ME system ( more details ) Click on "Permisisons..." You can decide the level of access: that other users can Read data from your disk, or have Full-Control (to read/write/delete files) . By definition, this permissions are assigned for the User-group "Everyone", which is a hidden usergroup and contains all users defined on THIS system: Only users with a username defined on this system in UserManagement will be able to connect ! You have to possibility to add other UserGroups or Usernames to this list and assign different permisisons to each of them.
	Back on the tab: "Sharing", you can select now for "Share name" the different names: - the "Administrative Share" (like: C$ ) - the user-defined Sharename exit with "OK" to make this definition valid.
	Once a disk is shared, the Symbol in "My Computer" changes: the hand holding the disk

	Sharing a Folder : If you do not want to give access to your complete disk, you can allow access (=share) just a folder: other systems will then see only the files and sub-folders in this folder. Select the folder to be shared, right-click and select from the menu: "Sharing":
	Like Sharing a complete Disk, select "Shared As...", define the "Share Name" , and you defne "Permisisons" .
	Once a folder is shared, the Folder - Symbol changes: the hand holding the Folder

	Sharing a Printer: In "Printers",(via "MyComputer" or via the Control-panel),right-click on the printer to be shared and select from the context . pop-up menu: "Sharing"
	The system displays the "Properties" of the printer with the Tab:"Sharing" pre-selected. By defauly, a printer is Not shared. Select "Shared As....", define a Share-Name, under which the printer will be listed in the Network Neighborhood.
	Once a printer is shared, the Symbol in "Printers" changes: the hand holding the printer.

Check that you did the operation properly:

Look in "My Network Places" in "Computers Near Me" under your OWN Computername: It should list now all items shared in the steps above.