Help me with my LAN please

[Hellbreather]

Hi All,

Recently I refurbished an old PC to run XP Professional like this one (put some new hardware in too etc.)

Now I want to connect them through a LAN. (They both connect to the internet through a router)

I have set it up but it's just weird, sometimes one computer will pick up the other one but refuses to connect says I may not have the correct privaleges, or they wont pick each other up at all.

What is going on?

Thanks.
Hellbreather.

 

[burton_o6]

Are you trying to connect wirelessly?

 

[Hellbreather]

No, this is through an ethernet only router

 

[Trizoy]

win2000 on one pc?

 

[Hellbreather]

No, both are running Windows XP.

It's so stupid it should be able to allow me to access it.