Windows 8 In Depth

In Someone Else’s Home or Office

When you’re away from home or the home office, you might find yourself connecting to another person’s wireless network. A common scenario is when you visit an office and need to access files on their network, or people on that network need to access files on your computer.

Make the connection as described in the previous section, but be sure you’re not inadvertently making the contents of your computer available to other people on the network. Follow these precautionary steps:

1. When you make the connection, if you’re asked if you want to enable file sharing and device discovery, click No, and you’re done.

2. If you aren’t prompted about file sharing, after you make the connection, bring the Networks panel back ...