Here's a useless tech support cliché: have you tried rebooting?

"freddie" wrote:

I looked through alot of the past posts here and tried a few things. None of
which solved my problem so I am hoping that this post will get me up and
running.

I made sure simple file sharing was enabled on both systems and that the
guest accounts were active. Both systems are part of the same workgroup. I
have tried with the firewall enabled and with it disabled. When the firewall
is enabled I am not able to ping the systems however when they are disabled I
am able to ping only by the IPaddress but not by the computer name. Any ideas?

"Kelly7018" wrote:

I have the same problem what up with this?

"freddie" wrote:

I have been trying to setup Windows XP home networking here at my home
between 2 systems. I have 2 desktops.. 1 is XP home which I named "OLD" and
the other is XP Pro which I named "NEW" and both belong to the "HOME"
workgroup. Both connected to a Linksys Broadband router to connect to the
internet.

I have shared files, renamed workgroups, played with IP addresses and DNS
but still I am unable to see the systems in network places. If I am on ""OLD"
all I see in Network places is the shared files for the "OLD" system. Same
thing goes for the other one.

I have been through Microsofts help files over and over but still cannot
figure out the problem. I am able to ping IP addresses however I am unable to
ping the computername. IE. ping old or ping new. That doesnt work. What am I
missing here?