Connecting to Network Resources
If your computer is connected to a work network or to a home network, you might want to access folders that are located on other computers on the network.
Navigating to a Shared Folder
If your computer is connected to a network, you can use Windows Explorer to navigate not only to drives and resources on your own computer, but also to drives and resources across your entire network.
You can view files, folders, and drives that other network users have shared with you in the same way that you view information on your own computer. Open the Computer window and then, in the Navigation pane, click the Network group. The Network window shows all the computers that are currently available through the network that your computer is connected to.
Navigate to shared resources on the computers by expanding the Network group computers and their folders in the Navigation pane, or by double-clicking computers and folders in the Content pane.
In this tutorial:
- Navigate Windows and Folders
- Working with Windows 7
- Sizing, Moving, and Arranging Windows
- Hiding and Displaying Windows
- Understanding Files, Folders, and Libraries
- Windows System Folders
- Folder Window Features
- Displaying and Hiding Panes
- Finding Your Way Around Your Computer
- Connecting to Network Resources
- Mapping a Network Drive
- Finding Specific Information
- Windows Search Parameters
- Key Points