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When I connect the phone to my Netbook (running XP!) via USB lead, I can
see it and access it as an attached device,just like a USB stick, camera
etc.

Yes - that's what happens with my Samsung here.

When I connect the two wirelessly, via the home network, I can 'see' the
Netbook from the phone, and access shared files.

What I cannot do is see the phone from the Netbook wirelessly, through
My Network Places, Entire Network etc. That is what I hope to achieve,
not because I need to, but just because I think it should be possible.

Think it's more a Windows thing. My smart TVs see any Windows computer on
my LAN - but not the other way round.

More to the point, my son who is, like all teenagers, a World Gadget
Expert, told me he thought I couldn't.

If you download My Phone Explorer to both the PC and phone, you'll be able
to share stuff pretty easily both ways via Wi-Fi without using a cloud.
It's one of those 'free' progs where they prompt you to make a donation.

(Thanks to Dave Liquorice for the heads up on this prog - it does exactly
what I wanted)

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*OK, who stopped payment on my reality check?

Dave Plowman London SW
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