How Do You Set Up A Network For A Home Office With Windows Xp?

The following steps should be followed to set up a network for a home office with windows xp. Access your machine as the administrator and select the Control Panel tab from the start menu. In the screen that has opened up select the Network and Internet Connections alternately click the Network Setup wizard from the "or pick a Control Panel icon" screen.

Click next on the welcome to Network Selection Wizard page. Read each page that appears carefully and on the next screen for "Before you continue…" click next again. Next the wizard will ask you to connect your disconnected adaptor hardware which you can ignore. The connection method has to be selected based on whether you have a direct connection or a router is being used. On the next screen "Select your Internet connection" screen select your connection. Define the computer and workgroup name next and decide whether the printer is to be shared. On the ready to apply settings page click next and on the "You're almost done" page select the Just finish the wizard option. Click finish and restart your computer.