In the This Connection Uses The Following Items list box, double-click the
Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) item to display the Internet Protocol
Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box.
Select the Obtain An IP Address Automatically option button.
Select the Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically option button.
Click the OK button to close each dialog box, and then click the Close button
(the ?— button) to close the Network Connections window.
Step 11: Share Files Using the Public Folder
Windows Vista comes equipped with folders for sharing files with other users of your
PC or of your network. You may need to change settings on these folders to allow all
users of the network to access them. When sharing files among the PCs on the network,
you will probably want to share a folder on a PC that you keep running most of
the time. (You can share one or more folders from any PC, but as soon as the PC goes
to sleep, or you turn it off, those folders become unavailable.)
One way of making sure your shared files are available all the time is to have a server, a PC or device
that you run all the time. See ???Step 4: Set Up a Media Server for Your Household??? in Project 13.
To make Windows Vista??™s Public folder available to all network users, follow
these steps:
Click the Start button, right-click the Network item, and choose Properties to
open a Network And Sharing Center window (see Figure 9-10).
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