Installing Peer-to-Peer Services

Manually installing Windows 95's peer networking capabilities is merely an extension to the network client installation procedure. Windows 95's Client for Microsoft Networks allows a workstation to see and access resources on both client and server machines running the Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, or Windows 95 operating systems.

See "Installing the Client for Microsoft Networks for Windows NT 4.0."

All machines with a functioning Windows client are visible to all users on the network, even those that are not configured to share any resources. The only step that remains for a Windows 95 machine with the Client for Microsoft Networks already installed is to add a service into the networking configuration ...

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