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Just curious

by maile_x Feb 10, 2007 3:08AM PST

This may seem like a silly question but I thought I'd ask anyway. My roommate and I are networking our PC's. He's got a desktop and I have a wireless laptop. All of the information on my notebook stays in laptop correct? Things such as history, pics, files...just about anything we do. Again, I know it's a silly question but I was just curious. Thanks!

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Networking won't move data around
by Steven Haninger Feb 10, 2007 7:13AM PST

among the connected PCs but it allows humans to do so. Your data stays put unless you or someone with access to your laptop deliberately moves it.

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Great...
by maile_x Feb 11, 2007 6:29AM PST

So in order for anyone to access my information they'd of course, have to have access to my laptop correct? There's no way that they can see any of my info through theirs if we're networking both computers right?

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Make sure. . .
by Coryphaeus Feb 11, 2007 7:12AM PST

you don't have File and Printer Sharing turned on. If so, you can each see the other PC. If not, you're safe.

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Thanks
by maile_x Feb 13, 2007 4:42AM PST

Thank you for your reply.

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