Your Linux is using the WINS/lmhost style to query machines. Your XP is using the DNS to query machines. Probably none of your local PC/laptop have valid DNS names. Try putting the static IP/pcname in
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and lmhosts

quickest way to put it in a file, type this at the cmd prompt.

echo 192.168.1.5 winxpnam >> c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts

Everyone else has only pointed me to
"You cannot disable simple file sharing under XP Home"
While that information is concise (though I'm still a firm
believer there's a fix for it short of upgrading to pro) it's
not exactly helpful info LOL.

2 points of interest though (being as this IS a winxpHome machine)

the 'echo' command is not found so I searched for the hosts file
manually and it resides in C:\I386

Adding the IP and compname to that file worked perfectly!
Everything shows up as it's supposed to

Thank you VERY much

Now I just need to find the IP of the server that's a couple
hundred miles away from the laptop and enter that one in. LOL
That way when they take it back up there, it'll work for them
as nicely as it does for me.
I'm Soooo glad I installed PCAnywhere on that thing LOL

Thanks again

There's got to be something else missing, as that
didn't work when it arrived up there....
The main differences in the network is the machine sharing
the folder is win2k and it's connected to the laptop
by hub instead of router.