How To Connect to Shared files on a Network using Windows XP

Start>Run type \\name-of-the-server-where-the”“files-reside don’t forget the \\ slashes. Once you get to the location probably you will be presented will all the shared folders on that system, select your desired folder and right-click it, go to “Map Network Drive” when Map Network Drive window comes up, select the letter you want use with the map and click Finish. That should map all the content on that shared folder to your computer.

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Another way to do it is going through “My Network Places” if you have a network places icon on your desktop click on it to open it, (if you are using the category view on windows XP, click on START and it should be on the right side of the start menu) click on Entire Network>Microsoft Windows Network the workgroup or network where your computer is part of should come up, click on the domain or workgroup, and all the computer joined to that group should come up, look for the file server and follow the procedure above to map the drive to your computer.

Please note that you need to be part of the domain or workgroup on where the shared files reside to do this