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3 Click OK.
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.
4 Double-click the name of your workgroup. The names of each of the computers in
your workgroup are listed. For more information about workgroups, see “Naming the
computers and the workgroup” on page 85.