Gateway 3200SE, User Manual

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Sharing your resources
Un-sharing drives, folders, and files
To un-share drives or folders:
1
In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folder that you want
to un-share, then click
Sharing and Security
.
2
Make sure that the
Share this folder on the network
check box is not selected.
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