Just can't do it!

Hi, hope someone can help.
Trying to set up network between main PC on XP, and old PC on ME.
Have run the XP networking wizard on both machines three times but have been
unable to get any connectivity.
The XP machine takes a long time to try to open the mshome window and then
can't, the ME machine can open the mshome window but only shows 'oldpc' in
the window (though it did show 'mainpc' once but it's gone again and even
when it was there I could not access it).
Possibly because ran wizard three times the LAN connection shows as Local
Area Connection 3, but I don't know where 1 and 2 went.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Jerry.

Try here http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm or here
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../troubleshoot/

"Jerry and Ce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cohcf2$f41$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, hope someone can help.
> Trying to set up network between main PC on XP, and old PC on ME.
> Have run the XP networking wizard on both machines three times but have
> been unable to get any connectivity.
> The XP machine takes a long time to try to open the mshome window and then
> can't, the ME machine can open the mshome window but only shows 'oldpc' in
> the window (though it did show 'mainpc' once but it's gone again and even
> when it was there I could not access it).
> Possibly because ran wizard three times the LAN connection shows as Local
> Area Connection 3, but I don't know where 1 and 2 went.
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> Jerry.

tHANKS FOR HELP.
Disabled the PC Cillin firewall. OK now.



"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try here http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm or here
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../troubleshoot/
>
> "Jerry and Ce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cohcf2$f41$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi, hope someone can help.
>> Trying to set up network between main PC on XP, and old PC on ME.
>> Have run the XP networking wizard on both machines three times but have
>> been unable to get any connectivity.
>> The XP machine takes a long time to try to open the mshome window and
>> then can't, the ME machine can open the mshome window but only shows
>> 'oldpc' in the window (though it did show 'mainpc' once but it's gone
>> again and even when it was there I could not access it).
>> Possibly because ran wizard three times the LAN connection shows as Local
>> Area Connection 3, but I don't know where 1 and 2 went.
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>> Jerry.
>
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