Easy way to convert PC within network to image server? [closed]

Question

Maybe the question is a little misleading, so here goes.

Without installing IIS or any other web server, is it possible to "host" images on a Windows 7 PC? Assuming my laptop in the network is called FinanceLaptop, it would basically be to "convert" that image on a remote folder in my laptop (ie. \\FinanceLaptop\Image1.jpg) to http://FinanceLaptop/Image1.jpg? This would only apply to our network.

The issue would be to keep the image in FinanceLaptop, not copy the image to another server and then get a URL pointing to this other server.

This would only apply to machines within our network.

The reason for this is that a PC in this network has wordpress installed. In our WP installation we can upload images, so if the image location is \\FinanceLaptop\Image1.jpg then we just see the link in the post. If we post http://FinanceLaptop/Image1.jpg we see a preview of the post.

So, let's say that I (FinanceLaptop) upload an image that doesn't follow the company's ethics code. I'm responsible for the image because it's in my machine.

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you want to see it in a web browser via the HTTP protocol, then you need to install an HTTP server (e.g. IIS). If you want to access the file to work with it, maybe in something like Word or Photoshop, then you would only need to turn on Windows file sharing.

Answer 2

You need some sort of web server to host things via http. It could be a short script, but usually apache or nginx is easier to get going for hosting a few static files.

Answer 3

If you want to share a folder or a fiel within your network you can use the folder sharing option. Here is a tutorial for windows 7. For Linux look for samba