Thank you for your response. Actually you do not have to have another server. I finally figured it out.
1. On the computer you want to access you simply set up an account and pass word with the UAC (user account control) found in the window's control panel.
2. The user account and password is the name of the computer you use as your web server and the password you use to log into the web server.
3. On the web server you (IMPORTANT!) run your web server as a
service and voila there you have it.
4. You can now read the files on the other computer. You can access the remote computer using the format below(pay attention to the slashes).
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<?php
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$cDir = "//remote computer's name/drive/folder/";
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if(!$dh = @opendir($cDir)) return;
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while (false !== ($obj = readdir($dh))) {
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echo "filename: $obj : filetype: " . filetype($cDir . $obj) . "<br />";
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}
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closedir($dh);
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?>
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