WFWG: Enable Sharing Must Be Selected to View a WFWG Server

ID: Q95881

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SUMMARY

A Windows for Workgroups (WFWG) machine or server name will be visible on a Windows for Workgroups network only when the Enable Sharing option is selected in the Network Settings dialog box (choose the Network icon in the Control Panel window).

If the Enable Sharing option is not selected, other machines will not be able to view that machine on a browse list and the machine will not be able to see itself in a browse list. This situation applies to all Windows for Workgroups functions that display lists of Windows for Workgroups machines (such as Chat, Hearts, File Manager, Print Manager) and any application or utility that has a Network button.

MORE INFORMATION

This applies only to machines that have have the specifications to be Windows for Workgroups servers (that is, they can be run in 386 enhanced mode and have at least 3 megabytes [MB] of RAM). A 286 machine or a machine running in standard mode is not capable of sharing resources and the Enable Sharing option will be unavailable (dimmed).

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbdisplay kbui
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg

Additional query words: 3.10 greyed gray

Keywords : wfwg
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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