The Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) feature of the BIOS can be used to boot operating systems that are shared via the network rather than on a local hard disk. This is usually used by corporate IT to deploy an operating system to a large number of machines on the network.
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It would be networking your computer with another in your house. That would require you to get a network card.
A Samba Server allows Linux Systems to participate in a Windows Network, sharing Directories and Printers, and accessing those Directories shared by Windows systems. Samba includes a special share for accessing users' home directories. see smb.conf default includes same share. Pathname= /share/username
A Samba Server allows Linux Systems to participate in a Windows Network, sharing Directories and Printers, and accessing those Directories shared by Windows systems. Samba includes a special share for accessing users' home directories. see smb.conf default includes same share. Pathname= /share/username
That window/program would be called: 'Network and Sharing Center'.
Windows or Linux would be the best choice.
If you mean what is the purpose of sharing a printer via Samba on Linux, the answer is the same as why you would share a printer between Windows machines. To make the printer accessible to other users on the network.
They would not be beneficial in any area that has no need or requirement to share resources or to enforce security and policy (on the network).
I am sharing a Dell Photo AIO Printer 926 running on an XP computer with a computer on the network running Windows 7. When I started, the printer was already installed and working on the XP computer and set up to be shared on the network. Then I ran the 926 printer installation disk (the disk that came with the printer) on the Windows 7 computer. At some point it asked me if the printer was connected to another computer on the network. When I answered "yes" it asked for the name of the other computer on the network and the shared name of the printer. After I answered those questions it proceeded to "install" the printer as if it was connected to the Windows 7 machine and it works perfectly. I was surprised that worked, after having tried many times (unsuccessfully) to connect to it by installing new drivers on the Windows 7 computer. So I would suggest using the printer installation disk on the Windows 7 computer. If you do not have the disk I would suggest trying to get one from the printer manufacturer.
First I would try to reinstall the printer software and setup the sharing properties. Or just install the printer to the server and distribute the sharing from there...
recieve and share information or data with all the workstations in the network
net use X: //computername/sharingpath Where X: is the drive letter you want to map, and a sample path would be //MY-PC/sharedfolder