Home Office Network – problem recognising other computers in network

[Andu]

I have a very simple home network, with a LAN cable connecting two PCs, both of which are running WinXP, (one with SP2, the other with SP1). The connection has worked OK in the past (on an old Win 2000 setup) and even now, shows on both computers as connected without conflicts, so I think I can safely say the hardware part of the connection is OK.

My problem is that even though the actual connection seems to be OK, when I try the ‘Map Network Drive’ feature, neither computer recognises that the other is on the network.

I’ve run the WinXP network connection wizard on both computers, put in every variation of addresses I can think of “ \\(computer name)\(user’s name) ” all to no avail.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.