TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN TWO PCS ON WINDOWS
Before performing the following steps, disconnect the PC from the Internet and temporarily disable any firewall software that may be running. To disable Norton Personal Firewall, right-click on the small system tray icon next to the time and select disable. Make sure to re-enable the firewall after you are done transferring files.
Right-click a folder that has the files for copying, and select Sharing. If Sharing is not shown, use the following steps to enable File and Print Sharing and then try again:
Click Start, and then Control Panel.
Click Network and Internet Connections, and then Network Connections.
Right-click Local Area Connection and select Properties.
Click the Install button, select Services, and click the Add button.
Select File and Print Sharing, and click OK.
Click OK after File and Print sharing is installed and restart the computer.
Click Start, Control Panel, and then double-click Network Connections.
Click Create a new connection, and then click Next.
Click Set up an advanced connection, and then click Next.
Click Connect directly to another computer, and click Next.
Select one of the following options:
Host: The computer that has the files you want to copy.
Guest: The computer that is going to copy the files.
Click the connection device that you want to use for this connection (a parallel port, serial port, or infrared), and then click Next.
For the host computer, select the account names that you want to allow access. Click the Add button to add the account names from the other computer to the list. Click OK when done.
For the guest computer, type the host computer name and click OK. Find the host computer name by going to the host computer and clicking Start, right-clicking My Computer, selecting Properties, and clicking the Computer Name tab.
Click Finish and restart the computer.
Set up a workgroup on both computers by doing the following:
Click Start and then right-click My Computer.
Select Properties, and click the Computer Name tab.
Click the Change button and type a name that is easy to remember into the Workgroup field. Type the exact same workgroup name for both computers.
If both computers have the same Computer name, then a type a different computer name for one of them.
Click OK and restart the computer.
Each computer now appears inside View Workgroup Computers when performing Network Tasks. Each can be used to share files. Right-click the folders that you want to share and select Sharing to make the folders appear in the other computers networking window.
