the sharing delimna...need some advice

heyall,

I know this is probably the most common question on networking XP home

....and prior to posting this, I've read and tried everything that I'm not
afraid to change..

I've got a dell workstation wired to cable modem and a wireless 54mbps
netgear router...wireless dell notebook...started w/ Intel PRO wireless
software...and the internet sharing is fast & flawless... but never could
share files or printer...now letting windows manage the network & still
sharing internet connection fine & now the workstation can even see the
notebook and even open/save files to it, but regardless of everything I've
tried, I cannot get the workstation to show up in 'my network places' on the
notebook...everytime I attempt to name the path in the 'add network place
wizard', I get the 'cannot find path' error....'path does not exist'.....so I
may not be adding the path correctly...not sure...

when I view workgroup computers (on the notebook)...both the workstation and
the notebook are there...but the workstation states:' \\desktop not
accessible. might not have permission etc, etc...the server service is not
started'...

I just dont have the knowledge or experience to troubleshoot this any
further...and really need some step by step help...I know there's alot of
info out there about this problem w/ XP home, but I really don't understand
the troubleshooting/repairing terminology...

if someone would be good enough to take this on and offer me some
assistance, It'd be greatly appreciated...

Thanks for the time....and consideration...

Hi
Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,
http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what is allowed
to be shared.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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> heyall,
>
> I know this is probably the most common question on networking XP home
>
> ...and prior to posting this, I've read and tried everything that I'm not
> afraid to change..
>
> I've got a dell workstation wired to cable modem and a wireless 54mbps
> netgear router...wireless dell notebook...started w/ Intel PRO wireless
> software...and the internet sharing is fast & flawless... but never could
> share files or printer...now letting windows manage the network & still
> sharing internet connection fine & now the workstation can even see the
> notebook and even open/save files to it, but regardless of everything I've
> tried, I cannot get the workstation to show up in 'my network places' on
> the
> notebook...everytime I attempt to name the path in the 'add network place
> wizard', I get the 'cannot find path' error....'path does not
> exist'.....so I
> may not be adding the path correctly...not sure...
>
> when I view workgroup computers (on the notebook)...both the workstation
> and
> the notebook are there...but the workstation states:' \\desktop not
> accessible. might not have permission etc, etc...the server service is not
> started'...
>
> I just dont have the knowledge or experience to troubleshoot this any
> further...and really need some step by step help...I know there's alot of
> info out there about this problem w/ XP home, but I really don't
> understand
> the troubleshooting/repairing terminology...
>
> if someone would be good enough to take this on and offer me some
> assistance, It'd be greatly appreciated...
>
> Thanks for the time....and consideration...
>