How Do I Share Files And Printers With My 2 Computers That Are Sharing Internet?

[the_gullions_x6]

I have 2 computers sharing the same internet connection. I have a desktop and there is one in my girls room. I have them hooked up on the router. It's wired. However,when I click "networks" it only shows my pc. It doesn't show the girls. Neither does it show my pc on the girls pc either.

How can I set it up to be able to share files,folders and printers with the other computer and be able to access files,folders,and printer from either pc. Sometimes I am doing work on one and want to be able to save it to my pc through just clicking on my network.

Hopefully you can understand what I am trying to say.

Thanks In Advance,
Cass


Side Note: I am running Vista on my pcs.(it's the one router is hooked up on)
On the girls pc they are running Windows XP Pro

[johnwill]

Turn off any firewalls for debugging. If the firewall is the problem, you'll have to configure it to allow access to "trusted zone" addresses. Note that some firewalls must be completely uninstalled to stop them from affecting your networking.

PING each computer by IP address, and if successful, PING by name. You can obtain the IP address of a computer by opening a command prompt (DOS window) and typing IPCONFIG. This should work for any Windows version. A failure here needs to be corrected before you go any farther.

All computers should be in the same workgroup for computer browsing to function properly. File & Print Sharing has to be enabled on any computer you wish to share files or printers from. You also need to actually share the resource in question from My Computer, right click on the drive/printer/folder, and select sharing.

If you encounter difficulties accessing computers that are visible in Network Neighborhood, make sure the computer being accessed has an account with the same name/password as the system connecting to it uses to login.

While the default NetBIOS setting is correct for normal network configurations, it's possible for it to be altered, and it costs nothing to make sure it's correct. NETBIOS over TCP/IP must be enabled for normal network browsing.