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SP   02-15-2005 at 02:37:34 PM

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How would I share a CD rom drive on a network with two machines? One person
in the office's cd rom drive doesn't work and I need to share mine with her.

Any help please.

Thanks.

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Anonymous   02-15-2005 at 02:37:35 PM
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"SP" <xsandi@gussco.com> wrote in message
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| How would I share a CD rom drive on a network with two machines? One
person
| in the office's cd rom drive doesn't work and I need to share mine with
her.
|
| Any help please.
|
| Thanks.

Your message indicates that there's at least one person in your office's CD
drive. This is likely to be the source of your problem.

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SP   02-15-2005 at 02:57:48 PM
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That person's CD Drive on her computer is broken. So I need to share mine
with her. How do I do it?



"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." <RayJay@nospam.org> wrote in message
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> "SP" <xsandi@gussco.com> wrote in message
> news:zWmQd.43882$NC6.15316@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net...
> | How would I share a CD rom drive on a network with two machines? One
> person
> | in the office's cd rom drive doesn't work and I need to share mine with
> her.
> |
> | Any help please.
> |
> | Thanks.
>
> Your message indicates that there's at least one person in your office's
> CD
> drive. This is likely to be the source of your problem.
>
>

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Anonymous   02-15-2005 at 02:37:35 PM
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You can't. You need to replace the defective CD drive.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"SP" wrote:

| How would I share a CD rom drive on a network with two machines? One person
| in the office's cd rom drive doesn't work and I need to share mine with her.
|
| Any help please.
|
| Thanks.

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Anonymous   02-15-2005 at 02:37:35 PM
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Right click on your drive and select the option for Properties->Sharing.
Check the box under Network sharing and security. If this is a CD-R/W drive
and you use packet writing (like InCD) you can also check "Allow network
users to change my files" otherwise leave that unchecked.

On her system she will need first open an Explorer windows and select
Tools->Map Network Drive then browse to the location of the network share
for the CD drive.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"SP" <xsandi@gussco.com> wrote in message
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> How would I share a CD rom drive on a network with two machines? One
person
> in the office's cd rom drive doesn't work and I need to share mine with
her.
>
> Any help please.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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Anonymous   02-15-2005 at 02:37:36 PM
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Why can't he set it up as a network share and then have her create a mapped
drive? --

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> You can't. You need to replace the defective CD drive.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/se [...] fault.mspx
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> "SP" wrote:
>
> | How would I share a CD rom drive on a network with two machines? One
person
> | in the office's cd rom drive doesn't work and I need to share mine with
her.
> |
> | Any help please.
> |
> | Thanks.
>

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Gordon   02-15-2005 at 09:06:02 PM
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Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> You can't. You need to replace the defective CD drive.
>
ABSOLUTE RUBBISH.

I can share a CD drive on mu network quite happily.

--
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Director
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

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Anonymous   02-16-2005 at 12:01:34 PM
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Little space left to insert a CD - don't you think?

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." <RayJay@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:eWLN%23W2EFHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
> "SP" <xsandi@gussco.com> wrote in message
> news:zWmQd.43882$NC6.15316@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net...
> | How would I share a CD rom drive on a network with two machines? One
> person
> | in the office's cd rom drive doesn't work and I need to share mine with
> her.
> |
> | Any help please.
> |
> | Thanks.
>
> Your message indicates that there's at least one person in your office's
> CD
> drive. This is likely to be the source of your problem.
>
>

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