5.1.2 | Configuring Network Neighborhood properties

General

The following settings must be checked/configured on every client PC running Windows:

1. | Open the Control Panel and select Large icons or Small icons. Select the Network and Sharing Center icon. A dialog with all basic network information opens.

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2. | Open the Change adapter settings link, the Network Connections dialog appears.

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3. | Double-click Local Area Connection for file and print sharing settings, the dialog Local Area Connection Status opens.

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4. | Click the Properties button.

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5. | If the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks entry (as shown above) is not available, proceed as follows, otherwise proceed with step 6.

Installing the file and printer sharing service:

> | Click the Install... button if the service for file and printer sharing is not already installed.
> | Click the Service entry and then click the Add... button. The Select Network Service dialog is displayed.
> | Click the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks entry followed by OK. The dialog displayed in step 4 re-appears. The new entry is now listed.

6. | Check if the service is activated. The service is activated if the checkmark is visible in the check box beside the entry. If the checkmark is not visible, the service is not activated. Simply click the empty checkbox to activate it.

7. | Then click the OK button. The dialog Local Area Connection Status shown in step 3 is displayed. Activate Close here. You return to the Network Connections dialog shown in step 2 which you close as well to return to the Control Panel.

8. | To configure the login domain you select System, the dialog View basic information about your computer appears.

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9. | In the section Computer name, domain and workgroup settings (lower section) you activate the Change settings link, the System Properties dialog appears.

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10. | The login domain for the client PC is displayed here under Domain. If the login domain is not the telephony server domain, it can be changed once the Change... button has been clicked.

11. | Click OK to confirm. The dialog displayed in step 8 re-appears. Also close this dialog.