Hello I am having difficulty in networking these to o/s s together to share files/ folders. heres my situation: - I have them connected via linksys router, both share access to the internet through the router - i have set up a workgroup called home on both computers - when i look in my network places i cannot find any of the computers - i have made a folder in win2k visible to everyone. - i have tried using the netsetup tool from xp on the win2k system but it gave an error saying i should try someelse phew i think ive covered everything any help would be appreciated thnak you

oh and both os'es are the pro edition :)

create a username in winXP, and create it on the win2k box as well. then on the win2k box, login with that name- This will kinda create a security policy on the XP box and "make it feel at ease" with the win2k box. I have networked win2k boxes to winXP boxes probably over a million times, so its pretty simple. Try that, and if still no success, let us know and i'll se if i can help you troubleshoot it Mad - Agro

alright thanks will try it after work :)

go to control panel administrative tools security policy scurity options user righst there is item allow this machine to be acceset over network or somethinksimilar add workgorup entire workgroup here and it will be ok. NB disable xp pro firewall .

thanks got it working eventually though bot the way i would have liked. thanks dor the help

The problem is down to XP more than it is for 2k Xp likes to be "the big boss" of the network ie everyone has to change the settings to fix with XP howerver 2k (being the No1 choice for networks) wont let it so simply make 2k the boss do what avenger77 just said and then when you a acess the 2k pc form the xp box ( or any other ) you mut put in the admin username and password to acess the 2k box Get Firefox