home network

[mike bernstein]

I am having trouble setting up my network. I have a
laptop running win xp connected to a router by wireles
connection. I also have a desktop running win me
connected to the router and to a printer by cables. I
have internet access via cable modem and do not use
internet connection sharing. I have run the network
wizard on both computers and I think the problem I am
having is that I need to create a disk to install needed
software onto the win me computer. However, my laptop
came preloaded with win xp (I have no CD-rom for win xp)
and does not have a floppy drive (it does have a CD
burner however); thus I cannot create a disk onto a
floppy and I cannot use tools from the win xp CD. My
main goal in setting up the network is to share the
printer. Questions: (1) Is there any way for me to get
the needed software to download onto the desktop without
buying an external floppy drive; i.e., such as
downloading from microsoft? (2) Is there anything else
that I would need to do to set up the network?
Thanks,
Mike

[Steve Winograd]

In article >, "mike bernstein"
> wrote:
>I am having trouble setting up my network. I have a
>laptop running win xp connected to a router by wireles
>connection. I also have a desktop running win me
>connected to the router and to a printer by cables. I
>have internet access via cable modem and do not use
>internet connection sharing. I have run the network
>wizard on both computers and I think the problem I am
>having is that I need to create a disk to install needed
>software onto the win me computer. However, my laptop
>came preloaded with win xp (I have no CD-rom for win xp)
>and does not have a floppy drive (it does have a CD
>burner however); thus I cannot create a disk onto a
>floppy and I cannot use tools from the win xp CD. My
>main goal in setting up the network is to share the
>printer. Questions: (1) Is there any way for me to get
>the needed software to download onto the desktop without
>buying an external floppy drive; i.e., such as
>downloading from microsoft? (2) Is there anything else
>that I would need to do to set up the network?
>Thanks,
>Mike

There's no need to run xp's wizard on win me. Go to Control Panel |
Network and:

1. Install these components if they aren't already there:

Client for Microsoft Networks
TCP/IP
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

2. Configure the TCP/IP properties to obtain an IP address
automatically.

3. Set the workgroup name to the same name (default is MSHOME) that
the other computers. use.
--
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[mike bernstein]

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked these things but I
already had it all set the way that you recommended. Any
other ideas out there? Are you sure I don't have to
install any software to make the win Me computer sync
with the Win Xp?

Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <023001c30779$68676670
>, "mike bernstein"
> wrote:
>>I am having trouble setting up my network. I have a
>>laptop running win xp connected to a router by wireles
>>connection. I also have a desktop running win me
>>connected to the router and to a printer by cables. I
>>have internet access via cable modem and do not use
>>internet connection sharing. I have run the network
>>wizard on both computers and I think the problem I am
>>having is that I need to create a disk to install
needed
>>software onto the win me computer. However, my laptop
>>came preloaded with win xp (I have no CD-rom for win
xp)
>>and does not have a floppy drive (it does have a CD
>>burner however); thus I cannot create a disk onto a
>>floppy and I cannot use tools from the win xp CD. My
>>main goal in setting up the network is to share the
>>printer. Questions: (1) Is there any way for me to get
>>the needed software to download onto the desktop
without
>>buying an external floppy drive; i.e., such as
>>downloading from microsoft? (2) Is there anything else
>>that I would need to do to set up the network?
>>Thanks,
>>Mike
>
>There's no need to run xp's wizard on win me. Go to
Control Panel |
>Network and:
>
>1. Install these components if they aren't already there:
>
> Client for Microsoft Networks
> TCP/IP
> File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
>
>2. Configure the TCP/IP properties to obtain an IP
address
>automatically.
>
>3. Set the workgroup name to the same name (default is
MSHOME) that
>the other computers. use.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>.
>