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How do you set up a home network with a computer running XP SP3 wired to a wireless router and include 2 wireless computers running win 7?
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∙ 11y ago
I would recommend starting with the user's manual for the router.
Once all of the computers are connected to the router, I would look on the Windows 7 machines to see if Advanced Networking can be selected. Windows XP does not know about Windows 7's HomeGroup, so you would need to use Advanced Networking on the Windows 7 and XP machines to put them all into the same workgroup, and then set a common user name and password on all of then so they could share files.
This is far too large a topic for this venue, unfortunately, as so many things need to be considered. I would suggest finding a competent computer tech among your friends, and perhaps bribing him with Pizza and beer.
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