To run install files or zip, there is not difference with wired or wireless
networks.

You need to have all PCs:

1) on the same IP network (ex 192.168.1.xxx)
2) be part of the same workgroup / domain
3) Share the folder
4) Set up File / Printer sharing access thru the software filewalls
5) Check and configure anti-virus Internet worm modules to let NetBIOS name
resolution for your network (LAN.)



On 22/05/2008 Chuck Anderson <websiteaddress@seemy.sig> wrote:
>s this simply not possible over a Windows XP LAN?
>
>I have a wireless network in my home with one remote computer. I have
>shared a folder containing installation files. Some are zip files,
>others are executables. I want to install software on the remote
>machine by opening shared .exe installation files, but when I try to
>Open them, nothing happens. I can see why this might be considered a
>security risk, but is there a way to tell Windows XP to open them
>anyway? (I have already disabled the firewall.)
>
>TIA,
> Chuck