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Networking 2 ME machines and Printer
Name: hayley S Date: August 12, 2001 at 08:57:20 Pacific
Comment:
Hello all,
I have 2 machines networked together thru a hub. Both on ME and both share fine. I also have a HP Laserjet 4 printer with a network card installed. I want to connect this to the hub so both PC's can share it. Is this possible in Win ME. Or can i only do this with W2k.
Name: Roberto Date: August 12, 2001 at 19:21:50 Pacific
Reply:
Are You sharing files between both computers? if so, then open the control panel, dbl click on the my network places Icon, select properties, then halfway down You will see a box called file and printer sharing, and it is in there that you may set each machine to share the printer. This must be done on both machines. make sure that the message inside of the window says "client For Microsoft networks" and just follow the instructtions reboot when prompted to.
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