Preparing to Use DCC

The computer that contains the folder you want to share is the host, and the other computer is the guest. Share a folder on the host, granting access rights to anyone using the guest computer, by carrying out the procedure given in the following.

Note  The following procedure is just one of many that could be used to share files in a folder on the host computer. For example, there is user-level access control as well as share-level access control. The following procedure is one of the simplest access control procedures, which is all that is needed to get you started using DCC. To get information about all the ways files, folders, and printers can be shared, use the Windows 95 Help.

1. Double-click on the My Computer icon.
2. Double-click on the icon of the drive that contains the folder you want to share (for example, double-click on the icon for the C: drive).
3. Right-click on the icon of the folder you want to share and then select Properties.
4. In the folder properties dialog, select the Sharing tab and then select the Shared As option, enter a share name, enter a comment, and add user access rights (Full or Read-Only).
5. The picture of a hand is added to the folder icon to indicate the selected folder is now a shared resource.