A METHOD OF HANDLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES INSTALLED IN NETWORKS

摘要

In a method of handling electronic devices installed in networks, providing shared access to the devices for network users, an electronic device (22) is connected either locally to a computer (12) in the network, or via an internal or external electronic device server (24), and then identified on a second computer (6) attached to the network. Further, the device (22) is represented with an individual icon or string in a bar on a screen image. A network address, name, and domain membership are assigned to the device (22). For automatic installation on another computer (8) the icon representing the device (22) is dragged into an icon representing the computer (8) on the screen image.