trouble setting up home network

[taz42zero]

i have a netgear router with my desktop wired and my laptop connecting wirelessly. both have internet connectivity with no problems at all. i am trying to set up a home network between the 2 for file sharing, but just can't get it to work. both are running win xp pro, and i have run the network setup wizard more times than i care to think about. i have tried setting it up different ways, none have worked. anyone have any ideas, i would rather use the equipment i already have for a home network instead of getting some usb bluetooth adapters....

[Erik]

Which network setup Wizard did you run, wireless or wired? Make sure to run the wireless network setup wizard if they are both connecting only via a wireless connection.

Also make sure that they are in the same workgroup. You will also need to setup a shared folder as by default not everything is shared.

[taz42zero]

yeah, i've run both wizards, since the laptop is wireless, the desktop is wired. and i have already set up the shared folders as well.

wierd though, i still can't get my computers to show up in my network places folders, but i was able to manually add a folder location on my desktop in my laptop's my network places folder and connect to it. i wonder why i still can't see the computers in the workgroup though????

[taz42zero]

another thing that struck me as wierd is that i installed microsoft office on my laptop from my firewire drive thats connected to my desktop with no problems. but then when tried installing a different program that was only 148 MB install file, it kept freezing......