Winbook XL User Manual page 87

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^Passwords^ in the ^Control Panel^. Please read your Windows 95 documentation on
passwords before changing settings in this utility.]
[Sidebar: Eyeball icon: A "Network Neighbor" icon will now be present on your desktop to
allow quick access to network functions.]
You can click on the ^Network^ icon in the ^Control Panel^ to see the networking
configurations that have been added to your system.
You will see that client software has been added to your system. Windows 95 assumes that you
will be operating this system as a client (a computer which primarily uses the network to access
files or equipment on another computer, which is the "server"). If you will be using your system
as a server, you should check the Windows 95 documentation for information on setting up your
system this way.
You will also see software specific to the kind of networking card you have added (e.g. ethernet).
There will be protocols there to control how the information is transferred between machines.
You will also see a button here that will allow you to set up your WinBook XL for file and/or
printer sharing. If you will want to allow your files or your printer to be shared by other
computers on the network, you can set up the file and printer sharing as described in the section
below. If you do not want to allow your resources to be accessed by other users, then you should
leave the file and printer sharing disabled.
Once you have established the network settings for your system, you can click on the ^Network

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