I'm a networking fool

[Guest]

I realise it's probably something totally obvious that I'm doing wrong, but
I'm trying to network my desktop computer with a laptop. So far, I've been
able to share the internet connection and I've sorted out the email so it
comes through on the second computer (as you've probably guessed, the desktop
has the internet connection and the laptop is sharing).

I want to be able to file-share as well, but I cannot for the life of me see
the other computer on either machine. What am I doing wrong?

If you can help me I'll love you forever.

 

[Chuck]

I realise it's probably something totally obvious that I'm doing wrong, but
I'm trying to network my desktop computer with a laptop. So far, I've been
able to share the internet connection and I've sorted out the email so it
comes through on the second computer (as you've probably guessed, the desktop
has the internet connection and the laptop is sharing).

I want to be able to file-share as well, but I cannot for the life of me see
the other computer on either machine. What am I doing wrong?

If you can help me I'll love you forever.

One of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too. Read this
article, and follow each link.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp