pc to laptop=ok Laptop to pc= not ok!!! (WXP-Home)

[section8joe]

i have a wireless network at in my home. When i reformatted my desktop i must have messed something up. I can see and transfer files fine between computers. My problem is when im on the desktop and im in network places i can see my laptop(powerbook). now when im on the laptop i can't see the desktop. You might think it 's something with the powerbook but when i set up a network with another laptop(dell) it still would not recognize the desktop. What do you think im doing wrong? This is driving me crazy!!

[section8joe]

Anybody?

[josefz]

I guess you need to share at least one folder or a printer on your desktop (usually it is indicated by this little hand at the left bottom edge of shared resource icon).

[section8joe]

i have a few folders that are shared and i still can't see them when using the laptop.

[josefz]

Can you see your desktop itself and browse those shared folders when you are on the desktop in its network places?

[section8joe]

the laptop im using is a powerbook. i can't see anything. i hooked up a dell laptop too and i can't see the desktop either.

[josefz]

But... I ask for what do you see in network places on desktop. Do you see the desktop itself?

[section8joe]

The desktop is in network places.

[josefz]

Try next link: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/webfoldr_overview.mspx>To see another computer on your network</a>

HTH

[section8joe]

Thanks for the link but it was no help. When im in my network places i can see my laptop and my desktop(when im on my desktop). When im viewing my workgroup computers i only see my desktop not the laptop. What am i doing wrong.