Are you connecting them directly with a cable, or connecting them to a broadband router? Can you describe the whole configuration?
Let's also see this from each of the computers?
Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD then press Enter to open a command prompt:
In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:
Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the - or / in the following commands.
NBTSTAT -n
IPCONFIG /ALL
Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.
If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.
Let's also see this from each of the computers?
Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD then press Enter to open a command prompt:
In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:
Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the - or / in the following commands.
NBTSTAT -n
IPCONFIG /ALL
Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.
If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.