1.Select "Choose Home group and Sharing Options" on the "Control Panel".

 If the menu is not displayed, check whether "View by" is set to "Category".

2.Select "Change advanced sharing settings".

3.Check whether the following radio buttons are selected in "Home or Work":

"Enable network discovery"

"Turn on file and printer sharing"

"Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders"

"Turn off password protected sharing"

4.Select "Save Changes" and click "OK" on the dialog box.

1.Select the folder to share and right-click.

2.Select "Properties".

3.Select "Advanced Sharing" on the "Sharing" tab.

4.Select the "Share this folder" check box and click "OK".

5.Select "Share" for "Network File and Folder Sharing".

6.Select "Everyone" from the pull-down menu. Click "Add", and then "Share".

 To set user name and password to a shared folder, set "Permissions" in "Advanced Sharing" on the "Sharing" tab.

 Check whether a workgroup is set.