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How to make my home network show all drives on network

Forum Windows XP : Configuration & Customization How to make my home network show all drives on network

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Hello,
on one of my computers I have to selete my network places, then click on show entire network, then click on microsoft network, then click the name of my network, it will then display all the computers connected to my network. If I want to look at a file on one of the computers I have to click on one of the computer displayed on screen then the computer will show all the drives on that computer, I am using XP pro sp2.
I run xp pro on all my computer, but when I click on my network it displays all the computer with all the dirves connected in menu format, how do I get this computer to display all the computers and their drives with out going though all the steps I outlined on the frist computer

Reply to ka3ebe
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Next time you go through all that hassle, right-click on the drive(s) in Windows Explorer and select "Map Network Drive" and give (them) an appropriate disk letter(s). Next time you startup, they will be added to the left pane of Explorer for you.

If a network computer is not available at startup, you will be notified and given the opportunity to choose not to connect next time. This should not be chosen if you think you may want to connect again in the near future. At this point it is harmless to just continue with your startup and re-connect next time. If the network computer becomes available after you start up, it will get added eventually (after several minutes) anyway (Windows will look for it again as time passes or you can press the F5 key after awhile with the focus on the left pane in Explorer to force Windows to look again).

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