http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22384774 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:34:51 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:34:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22391369
\\ComputerName\PrinterName

Example: \\Norman\HP7960

Provided of course that the printer is shared on Norman in the example.
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MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22391369 Thu, 14 May 2009 21:17:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22387896
Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22387896 Thu, 14 May 2009 10:42:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22387650
»www.microsoft.com/technet/commun···003.mspx

You could, if you wish, allow her internet access through your XP PPTP VPN server while she is connected. See this article for help enabling TCP/IP forwarding.

»support.microsoft.com/kb/315236/en-us

Lastly you probably will not see her PC in your network neighborhood. NetBIOS sometimes does not play well with VPN. She could use a hosts or lmhosts file to map computer names on your home network with their LAN IP addresses. Here is an example lmhosts file that I used at one time...

»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/V···osts.txt

»support.microsoft.com/kb/314884/en-us

She needs to address shares using this form...

\\Computername\ShareName (example: \\Norman\ShareName)

...or...

\\IP.address\ShareName (example: \\192.168.1.12\ShareName)

Lastly she may have issues if your local sub net is the same as the sub net she is on, ie. both in the 192.168.1.X range for example. The solution to that is for either one of you to change their sub net. Our colleague mudtoe has some good advice about using a 172 sub net at home to preclude this issue...

»Re: OpenVPN Errors -- MULTI: bad source address from client
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MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22387650 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:55:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22384774
But, it shows nothing different? I mean do I do a "set a small office or network".

Basically, how do I get it where it shows her computer as part of the network... right now all I see is that she is connected.

Thanks for any help you can give. Also, I noticed when she logs on she loses certain abilities like her instant messenger...

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Novice-to-VPN-quick-newbie-questions-windows-xp-22384774 Wed, 13 May 2009 18:28:58 EDT