home network help
 

How do I set up a home network using a win7 pc - BT hub2 - xp pc + printer, both machines have kaspersky 2010.
Whatever I try I cant see the other pc or the printer on network. Tried sharing files and have the same homegroup name everything else in this tutorial.

get the IP address of computer 1

go to computer 2

click start

in the run box type
\\ipaddress

Cable or wireless ?

Ive done this with 5 pc's in our house but they're either XP or Vista. On Vista its fairly easy: click start and network and take it from there so if W7 is similar try that. On XP you have to download a file from the microsoft site that enables the XP machines to be visible on the network map. I think I did a search on the microsoft site to find out how to do it in the first place.

Try Here and Here

another

To display XP on the network map Click

HTH

Thanks all nearly there now \\ipaddress worked with an xp file from ms :thumb: