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A technician is setting up a desktop computer in a small office. The user will need to access files on a drive shared from another desktop on the network. Which of the following configurations should
The correct answer is A. Configure the network as private. To allow a user to access shared files from another desktop in a small office network, the technician should configure the network as private, enabling network discovery and file sharing.
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A technician is setting up a desktop computer in a small office. The user will need to access files on a drive shared from another desktop on the network. Which of the following configurations should the technician employ to achieve this goal?
Options
- AConfigure the network as private
- BEnable a proxy server
- CGrant the network administrator role to the user
- DCreate a shortcut to public documents
How the community answered
(21 responses)- A86% (18)
- C5% (1)
- D10% (2)
Why each option
To allow a user to access shared files from another desktop in a small office network, the technician should configure the network as private, enabling network discovery and file sharing.
Configuring a network as private (e.g., in Windows) enables network discovery and file/printer sharing by default, which is necessary for accessing shared drives from other computers. This setting relaxes firewall rules for trusted networks, allowing local network communication for file access.
Enabling a proxy server routes web traffic through an intermediary and is not directly related to enabling local file sharing between desktops.
Granting the network administrator role to the user is a security risk and is not required for a user to access a shared drive.
Creating a shortcut to public documents would only access local public folders on the user's own machine or existing network shares, not configure the sharing mechanism itself.
Concept tested: Network profile configuration for file sharing
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-a-windows-pc-easier-to-find-on-the-network-587ad04d-17e9-4456-9e1e-2ce04ff69b2b
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