Ok guys here is the deal. I have had a desktop pc for a number of years and have it set up perfectly with xp home edition. I am the only one that uses it and therefore do not have a silly administrator or any other things such as that.
Well I have recently purchased a laptop (toshiba satellite) and have a dsl connection. I had someone come out and help me set some stuff up so that I could share files between the two computers. However...when I went to one of those documents on the laptop to edit it I was told that I could not do so as I am not the administrator and have no rights! It also said it was read-only. However, when I look at the properties it does not show it is read-only it shows it as being acrhive.
My question(s) are this. First how do I configure the laptop in the same way the pc is (I honestly can't remember how I did it and don't want to go messing with the pc) in that there is no administrator?
Second - am I doing something in the sharing process that perhaps is not allowing me to edit the documents? If so what should I or should I not being doing?
Also please keep in mind that while I am fairly experienced I am a total novice when it comes to networking and such. Any and all help will be very much appreciated!!
Well I have recently purchased a laptop (toshiba satellite) and have a dsl connection. I had someone come out and help me set some stuff up so that I could share files between the two computers. However...when I went to one of those documents on the laptop to edit it I was told that I could not do so as I am not the administrator and have no rights! It also said it was read-only. However, when I look at the properties it does not show it is read-only it shows it as being acrhive.
My question(s) are this. First how do I configure the laptop in the same way the pc is (I honestly can't remember how I did it and don't want to go messing with the pc) in that there is no administrator?
Second - am I doing something in the sharing process that perhaps is not allowing me to edit the documents? If so what should I or should I not being doing?
Also please keep in mind that while I am fairly experienced I am a total novice when it comes to networking and such. Any and all help will be very much appreciated!!