# What service in XP controls HD sharing?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-service-in-xp-controls-hd-sharing/195585 "2003-08-16T14:44:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-service-in-xp-controls-hd-sharing/195585/1 "2003-08-16T14:44:39Z")

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My wife’s PC was having some slow down issues so I went [here](http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm) and basically went with the “gaming” setup. Our computers are on a LAN and I discovered today that I can’t see her computer in network neighborhood from hers or any other computer. So I went to make sure she hadn’t turned off the HD shares for some reason. They are not there anymore. I then discovered the option to turn sharing on is gone. So I figured I disabled some service that controls this. I can still use network neighborhood from her computer to move files around from her computer to the others, but I need to be able to access files on her computer from the other ones. I’m 90% sure its a service, but I’m willing to entertain other ideas.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-service-in-xp-controls-hd-sharing/195585/2 "2003-08-16T17:50:22Z")

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The **Server** service governs file sharing. Change it from **Disabled** to **Automatic** and start it.

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**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-service-in-xp-controls-hd-sharing/195585/3 "2003-08-16T18:43:11Z")

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Works perfectly. Thank you.