Microsoft® Windows® XP Inside Out, 2nd Edition

Chapter 25. Managing Shared Folders and Printers

• Introducing Windows XP Sharing and Security Models

• Sharing a Folder over a Network

• Managing Shared Folders

• Accessing Shared Folders

• Sharing a Printer

• Command-Line Utilities for Managing Shared Resources

By sharing your computer's resources, such as its folders and printers, you let other people on your network use these resources. With Microsoft Windows XP, using network resources and sharing your own resources with other network users is almost as simple and straightforward as using your own computer's resources. Browsing a network folder is just like browsing a folder on your own hard disk. Sending a document to a network printer is just like printing at your own computer.

At Home with Windows XP

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