Ok I think I got it. I had to change a setting in Norton Firewall that was blocking windows file sharing. I restarted my computers and both can view the workgroup.

I restarted my computers, had all the firewalls turned off on them, and then tried to connect to the workgroup. I cant connect to the workgroup on either computer now. I can ping each computer from...

Now I cant view the workgroup from my laptop at all. When I type net view "Ip for desktop" I get "System error 53 has occurred."

Ok mabey I spoke too soon. I can view my workgroup from my desktop but not my laptop...

Alright, when I turn Norton firewall on my laptop on I cant view the work group on my laptop but the...

Okay.... I did everything you said and it all worked, I can now view the computers on the network and everything and I have no clue why its working now and wasnt before. Im going to try turning on my...

I just tried activating the guest account and got the same error message on both computers. (I didnt have to restart my computers though, right?)

I already have two accounts with identical names. Both computers have file and printer sharing allowed. I already created a workgroup, but when I try to "view workgroups" I get an error messege...

I have been reading though various articles but I cant figure out how to share files. I have a Linksys WRT54G with my desktop wired to it and a laptop using it wirelessly. Both computers use Win XP...