Enabling File and Printer Sharing for Windows 95, 98 & ME - Microsoft Windows Tips

File and printer sharing is a feature that many people are starting to use more often because of all the benefits you get from sharing your files and printers. For example if you want to have a central location where other people on your network can access your files then that's where file sharing comes into play. Or if you have one printer that you want to be able to share with other users on your network so they can print to it as well, then it's possible to do this with printer sharing.

Unlike Windows XP, older versions of Windows may not have file an print sharing enabled out of the box. If this is not enabled then you will not be able to share folders and printers on your network. To enable file and print sharing do the following:

Click on Start , Settings and then Control Panel.

Double click the Network icon. You will see the following dialog box.