GF> ok now answer me this i just did what you said and i was able to share
 GF> then i went to shut down and reboot and you know what i was not able
 GF> to start sharing again so i then ran MPTS and reinstalled all the
 GF> protocols i could then i was able to start sharing again i am now
 GF> going to reboot thew system you wanna place a bet that i will have to
 GF> re-install everything if any one knows why this is happening please
 GF> enlighten me cause it is surely upsetting i read the dos on my
 GF> network card(linksys) and it said to install laps first before
 GF> requester and that is what i did i am just afraid to restart my
 GF> computer.
Good grief!  Do you ever pause to take a breath ?
(1)        Don't use LAPS.  Use the MPTS that came with OS/2 Warp 4.0.
(2)        Start the requester when you boot.  Do this by creating a shadow 
of the "Start File and Print Client" object in your Startup folder.
(3)        Check that changes to your desktop are actually being saved across 
rebooting.  Remember that rebooting using Ctrl-Alt-Del does *not* save your 
WPS desktop.  Always shut down properly before rebooting if at all possible.
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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