Re: Help me connect two computers?

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Mike-
I feel your pain. I have a similar setup to yours. I still can't seem to
find the "magic button" that will allow me to access one computer from the
other. My base PC ("RCLO-AMD") and the laptop ("RCLO-Laptop") both can
connect to the internet through the wireless router, so that's not the
problem.

When I go into Windows Explorer on my base PC and open "My Network
Places/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network/MSHome (the network's
default name), I see (only) "Rclo-laptop" listed. But if I click on it to
open, I get the error message, "\\Rclo-laptop is not accessible. You might
not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator
of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path
was not found."


When I go into Windows Explorer on my laptop and open "My Network
Places/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network, I see (only) "Mshome"
listed. But if I click on it to open, I get the error message, "Mshome is
not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
permissions. Windows cannot find the network path. Verify that the network
path is correct... " etc.

I set the folder sharing "on" (default value) on both PCs. I even set the
root of my external drive (on the base PC) to be shared over the network.
Windows firewall on both PCs says it's configured to allow the folders to be
shared over the network. I found the IP address of the laptop and entered it
into Zone Alarm (on the base PC) as Trusted. I also entered the base PC IP
into the laptop firewall (McAfee) as trusted. I even turned the Windows
firewall off on both PCs. Nothing made any difference.

I'm SURE there's a "magic button," but I can't figure out what it is. With
all due respect to the MVPs, links to websites that list a zillion problems
and issues are of no help. Like Mike said, we need a step-by-step (for
novices - not MVPs) procedure that walks us through the process.

Does ANYONE know what we're missing??

RCLO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:59 AM
Subject: Help me connect two computers?


I am relatively new to home networking and would appreciate some
assistance.
I have a talktalk wireless 54mbs modem/router with 4 point wired ethernet
built in. I have a wired ethernet desktop to the modem/router and a
wireless
laptop. Both connect to the internet happily but no matter what I do I
cannot
get them to see each other and network them for file/printer sharing?
My laptop is running windows XP Home SP2 and the Desktop is Windows
Professional SP2. The modem recognizes them both independently but I just
cannot get them to talk to each other.
The modem states that the Home Network (LAN) is IP Address 192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0.
Is there a step by step guide for doing this?


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