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Sharing printers
To share printers:
1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.
If your Control Panel is in Category View, click
Printers and Other
Hardware
.
2 Click/Double-click the Printers and Faxes icon. The Printers and Faxes
window opens.
3 Right-click the name of the printer you want to share, then click
Sharing.
4 Click Share this printer.
5 Click OK.
Using the network
After the drives and printers on each network computer are shared, you
can:
■ View shared drives and folders
■ Map a network drive
■ Open and copy files stored on other network computers
■ Print documents on network printers
Viewing shared drives and folders
To view shared drives and folders:
1 Click Start, then click My Network Places. The My Network Places
window opens.
2 Click/Double-click Entire Network. The Entire Network window opens.
If you do not see the contents of the network after you double-click
Entire Network, click entire contents.
3 Double-click Microsoft Windows Network.
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