Learn how to enable file and print sharing on your Windows device

1. How to enable
Windows File and Print Sharing
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2. Learn how to:
Part One -- Enable file and print sharing
Part Two -- Create a user account
Part Three -- Share a folder
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3. Part One: File and Print Sharing
1. Click on the
Start button
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2. Search
“Sharing” and
click on Manage
advance sharing
settings
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4. Then …
3. Select Turn on network
discovery and Turn on file
and print sharing
4. Select Turn on
password protection
sharing
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5. Part Two: Creating a User Account
Why create an account?
So a user can access shared
folders on this computer.
This is required if you’ve
enabled password protection.
From your control panel,
create an account
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6. From within the Control Panel
Select Add or remove
user accounts
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7. Next …
Select Create a
new account
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8. Then …
Add a name and then
select Create Account
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9. To create a password
Select the account you
just created and then
select Create a password
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10. Part Three: Sharing a Folder
Right click on the folder
you want to share and
select Specific people…
Select the user you are
giving access to, and click
Add and then Share
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11. Then…
Then, select the Sharing
tab
First, right click the folder
again and select Properties
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12. Continued…
Select Advanced
Sharing…
Check the Share this
folder and the select OK
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13. Accessing the Shared Folder
Double-click the
computer you would
like to access shares
and provide the
username and
password
Select Network to list the
computers on your
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Here are the files in the
shared folder
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