The window used to configure network discovery and file sharing settings is called "Network and Sharing Center." You can access it through the Control Panel or by right-clicking the network icon in the system tray. Within this window, you can enable or disable network discovery, file sharing, and manage your network settings.
XP and 7 supports file sharing through network or any Windows supported storage device.
PG 213, 1) Network Discovery, 2) File and Printer Sharing
The network layer protocol is Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
File and Print Sharing
"File-sharing" is a platform-independent concept, that of sharing files between computers. If you are referring to the service / file system that allows other computers on the same network to access files on the local computer, this is usually done with NFS (Network File System). For compatibility with Windows, it is also possible to use Samba.
File and printer sharing, Client for Microsoft Windows
The Windows file sharing protocol is the Server Message Block or SMB. It was developed by Barry Feigenbaum at IBM.
Go to the Control Panel then network Connections, Right Click on the currently working Connection then Properties, on the General Tab you will see the File and Printer Sharing
Go to connect to, open Network andSharing Center, Switch file sharing on or off and check on all files and folders that are being shared as well as network folders on the computer.
For starters, TCP/IP works equally well in both operating systems. Other protocols of interest include:SMB (Windows File Sharing/Samba) - Network drives, file/printer sharingLDAP (OpenLDAP) - Address book information
Yes, it can. But you might have problems with security politics which are a part of Windows XP, Windows Me doesn't have such things. Usually if you are using simple file sharing everything works fine.