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    Dec 11, 2007, 04:12 PM
    How to configure two laptops with different OS on Wireles to share Files
    How do I configure my two laptops to share files on wireless. The wireless I'm using is 3com Adsl wireless 108 Mbps 11g Firewall Router. I can access internet on both laptops via wireless but not they are not able to share files with each other. How do I configure these two laptop to connect to each other?
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    Dec 11, 2007, 04:27 PM
    Is File and Print sharing turned on?
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    Dec 11, 2007, 07:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ScottGem
    Is File and Print sharing turned on?
    Scott,

    How do I turned on the File and print Sharing. Note that One laptop I'm using is running on Windows XP, and the other on Windows Vista.
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    Dec 11, 2007, 10:49 PM
    There is an update available on Microsoft's website for XP for it to be visible to the Vista laptop. This is what I did when I bought this Vista laptop and I wanted to transfer my files from my old computer to new computer. Try searching for it.
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    Dec 12, 2007, 06:39 AM
    Its different on each. Just look up File and Print Sharing in Help for the specific method.
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    Jan 3, 2008, 12:29 PM
    Is File and Print sharing turned on? Give the two PC defferent name and workgroup
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    Jan 3, 2008, 12:44 PM
    The easiest way to file-share is to download networking software, I would recommend

    Network Magic or it may be called Pure Networks, this solved my problem, as I had the

    Same problem as you... hope it works

    File sharing on a wireless home network - Network World
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