Is it router, PC or me on networking?

I have Winxp home sp2, a wireless new laptop and a wired desktop, and a new
linksys mini wireless router.

I followed online directions after making sure the router worked fine for
both PCs on the internet.

So far, I have only set the router to WEP because I am learning as I
go--will get to better encryption when I learn how. Router works and so do
both PCs on internet.

Then I used the Wizard to do a network. The desktop can go get the shared
folders from the laptop. The laptop cannot. It can use the printer that is
connected to the desktop.

The laptop can ping the desktop. Both have the same info when I command net
view, except for their own addresses.

I configured Panda and Norton antiviruses to allow the other PC thru the
firewall and have the MS Firewall off. Net remote is turned on. Work group
is same name.

Any help would be appreciated.

--
In Christ's Name,
Martha
How great are Your doings, O Lord, there is none like you."

Never mind, I solved it. If My Network Neighbor doesn.t show your
folders that are supposed to be shared by the other PC, Went to WindowsXP
Help and saw this on the Network troubleshooting pages:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type:
\\computer\share\
where computer is the name of the computer where the network resource lives
and share is the share name of the shared folder on that computer.
3. Click OK.

It opened up into a internet explorer window with all the files I asked for!
And because I had recently configured my IE windows to open with the address
bar visible and open, I saw its address as \\desk\music, so I erased music
and typed in pictures, and voila!

They still don't show in My Network Places, but so what, if I have to do it
this way? It works! I am relieved!

Martha wrote:
|| I have Winxp home sp2, a wireless new laptop and a wired desktop,
|| and a new linksys mini wireless router.
||
|| I followed online directions after making sure the router worked
|| fine for both PCs on the internet.
||
|| So far, I have only set the router to WEP because I am learning as I
|| go--will get to better encryption when I learn how. Router works
|| and so do both PCs on internet.
||
|| Then I used the Wizard to do a network. The desktop can go get the
|| shared folders from the laptop. The laptop cannot. It can use the
|| printer that is connected to the desktop.
||
|| The laptop can ping the desktop. Both have the same info when I
|| command net view, except for their own addresses.
||
|| I configured Panda and Norton antiviruses to allow the other PC thru
|| the firewall and have the MS Firewall off. Net remote is turned on.
|| Work group is same name.
||
|| Any help would be appreciated.
||
|| --
|| In Christ's Name,
|| Martha
|| How great are Your doings, O Lord, there is none like you."