I don't know if it will help, but these are my settings for the shared drives and printers [it may give you the idea]:
Main comp, 2 drives [C & E] Win 2000 Pro
You need to be logged in as administrator to do this, or have full admin rights on your profile.
C: drive - open my computer, right click, sharing, sharing tab, share this folder, new share, [give it a name eg Master], user limit max, permissions, add, select everyone, ok, ok, ok, share permissions tick allow full control change read, ok, ok, apply, ok, ok. You should now see a hand under the c: drive symbol.
E: drive - repeat of C:
Other comp, 1 drive [C] Win 98
c: drive - open my computer, right click, sharing, sharing tab, shared as [give it a name eg Slave], access type full, ok. You should now see a hand under the c: drive symbol.
Laptop, 1 drive [C] Win XP Home
C: drive - open my computer, right click, sharing and security, sharing tab, network sharing and security, tick share this folder on the network, share name [give it a name eg Laptop], tick allow network users to change my files, ok. You should now see a hand under the c: drive symbol.
Laser printer driven by Win 2000 main comp
Start, settings, printers, right click on laser printer symbol, sharing, sharing tab, shared as [give it a name, eg laser], ok. You should now see a hand under the laser printer symbol.
Inkjet printer driven by Win 2000 main comp
Start, settings, printers, right click on inkjet printer symbol, sharing, sharing tab, shared as [give it a name, eg inkjet], ok. You should now see a hand under the laser printer symbol.