I have joined my laptop and my computer and now i want to connect my laptops DVD rom to my computer. what should i do?
Right click the DVD drive on the laptop and click sharing and security.
Click "If you understand the risk, but still want to share the root of a drive, click here"
Under network sharing and security, tick the box "Share this folder on the network"
Click okay.
Now on the desktop type in run \\whateveryourcomputernameis\whateverthesharenameis
and it will open the DVD drive on the laptop.
You can also do this on your hard drive to share documents, music or whatever.
Regards
Click on Start, Run, and type regedit and press Enter
Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Class
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.
Upper Filters
Lower Filters
Upper Filters.bak
Lower Filters.bak
If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete
After deleting the keys, close the registry editor
Reboot your computer
Open My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone.
hope this helps
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