If you want to give that old computer new life on your home network, try using it as a file server for music or pictures or whatever so that no matter where in the house you are you can access your massive digital library from any computer. Here’s what you’ll need to do… [via] Link.
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Has anyone tried this on a Vista machine? I would like to use my old XP PC hard drive as a file server for my new Vista PC
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Has anyone tried this on a Vista machine? I would like to use my old XP PC hard drive as a file server for my new Vista PC
That’s some good stuff. BTW, for a visualization of this check out– http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Use-an-Old-PC-as-a-Server-5027652