on the main machine ive got the tcp/ip set at 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 and on the 2nd machine 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0 i cant find a box marked ICS to turn off both machines are using the same workgroup name. and have been assigned names off there own on the main machine in my network places i can see an icon of my kids machine(the one im trying to network to)but when i click on this icon i get a error saying "\\kids is not accesible you might not have permission to use this network resource. the network path was not found" on the client machine there is no such icon to show any conectivity at all |