MS Office 2000 on a peer to peer network

[Bob Holcomb]

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I am helping a friend who is trying to use Office 2000 on
two XP Home PCs networked together.

Both PCs came with Office pre-installed and she was
originally using the PCs in different locations. Now she has
the PCs in two different rooms at the same location and they
are connected through a Ethernet switch. She uninstalled
Office from PC #2 and wants to be able to use the Word
and Excel applications and files that are on PC #1 from
either PC.

I set the entire C:\program files\Office directory on PC #1
and the directory where all her data files are stored on PC #1
to be shared with full read/write permission. When I try to
run Word or Excel on PC #2, they start to open and then
lock up solid, needing a hard re-boot. Should this setup work
the way I have it shared, or do I need to share other system
directories on PC #1? I would like to avoid sharing the entire
C:\ drive on PC #1.

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Charlie]

I would suggest reinstalling office on PC#2. And using
those programs to open files on PC#1. Next share only the
Folders required, by doing this it will keep the C: drive
of PC#1 private except for the shared folders.

Charlie O'Neill