Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-11)

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Use a network to share

files and resources

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networkingyourcomputersat home,including

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herearemanyreasonsfor

wantingtocreatea network

foryourhomecomputers.

Forstarters,it makesit possibleto

easilysharefilesbetweencomputers,

eliminatingtheneedtocopythem

ontoa USBdriveorsendthemvia

email.Youcanalsosharea printeror

scannerbetweencomputerssothere

is noneedtoswitchcables.Perhaps

themostcommonreasonis toshare

aninternetconnection.

Witha networkinplaceyou

canstoreyourmusicandvideo

collectionononecomputer,and

streamtoanother.

Whenit comestosharingfiles,you

havea greatdealofcontroloverthe

process.Youcanrestrictaccesstoa

limitednumberoffilesandfolders,

andevengivedifferentcomputers

differentlevelsofaccessbyadjusting

permissionsettings.

Readontofindouthowtoget

startedwithnetworkingandsharing.

1 Enablenetworkdiscovery

For yourcomputertoseeothermachinesanddeviceson

your network– andviceversa– youneedtohavetheNetwork

Discovery featureenabled.OpenFileExplorerwith[Win]+ [E]and

click the Networklinkintheleft-handpane.Yougeta warningif

Network Discoveryis disabled.ClickOK,thenclicktheyellowinfo

bar beforeselecting‘Turnonnetworkdiscoveryandfilesharing’.

2 Sharing files on a network

If you would like to be able to access files stored on one

computer from another machine, you will need to share them.

Right click on a file you would like to share, and click the ‘Give

access to’ option. Select the Specific People option, and you can

then enter the name of the computer you want to share with, or

select Everyone to share with all computers on the network.

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Step-by-step Sharing files, folders and printers in Windows 10

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Windows 10

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