Hi Brit Brat,thanks
Both computers are in the same workgroup.
Win 98se hasn't a firewall installed.
Win xp has Z/A but I haven't turned it off.
What I've just done is ping each computer's name to see if they are seeing each other.
Win xp received back from the win98se machine:
Pinging 98se [192.168.0.3] with 32 bytes of data
packets: sent = 4, received = 4, lost = 0, < 0% loss >Win 98se received back from the win xp machine:
Pinging xp [ 192.168.0.2] with 32 bytes of data
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
packets: sent = 4, received = 0, lost = 4, < 100% loss > Hope this is useful, thanks for your assistance
I've installed an ethernet card in both computers and the link is with an RJ45 cable.