On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 14:53 -0600, PBC Web Design wrote: > Hi, > > Well, I gave up on the printer sharing (and just went out and bought > an inexpensive second printer) and am about to give up on the folder > sharing because it's not working now. All folders I have set to > share have content in them on the desktop but when I go to open the > folders on the laptop, they're empty.
It doesn't show up instantly, you have to wait a second or four. Also, just because you have a document in a shared folder on one computer, that doesn't mean it's *physically* on the other computer too, just that both computers can *see* the same document. > This really doesn't make sense because I had one folder shared > yesterday and the files/folders were in them on both computers - > today it's not working. I recall taking the above steps and it > worked yesterday for that one single folder once I figured out what I > was doing wrong. I think you may just not be giving it enough time for the contents of the folders to appear maybe, sounds like you had/have it working. > It would have been quicker to copy my > ~entire desktop contents~ over to multiple cd's and then copy them > over to the laptop one cd at a time than the time it's taken me to > NOT make this work for just a few folders! Where anyone gets > "simple" out of this process is beyond my comprehension. lol, it's a matter of practise. For those that have done it a few times there's nothing better than your own little home network to get things done between computers. > Question: XP adds "on laptop" to any folder I set up in Network > Places. So it's "Games on laptop" showing in Network Places. Do I > need to keep the "on laptop" portion of the name? That name in parenthesis is just to tell you that what you are viewing is not "C:\" etc. and is produced just for that window and is not actually part of anything but a visual aid. Don't try to have that name in parenthesis not show, it's how you tell which computer the document you are looking at/modifying is on and at some point in time you will be glad it is there. > Thank you so much! Glad to help :-) Tom wrote: I've been watching this thread because I have had the same frustrating > experiences with sharing printers over wireless networks for months! The > link you included below is an invaluable resource! Thank you. That site > has got to be the most valuable home networking resource site I've seen. I > was able to resolve my printer sharing with just a simple (left out) step > of enabling netbios. Yup, you really feel the power of a missed dot or an extra semi-colon setting up networks, and it's generally a single step missed or something like that when things go wrong. Here it is again for those that missed it the first time around: http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/index.asp -- cheers, Mark ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
