Sharing Files Amongst Two Computers With DIFFERENT Versions Of Windows (XP & Vista)

I just bought a WRT54G4 Wireless-G broadbad router & am a n00bie to this whole networking thng. As things stand now, I have got everything whereas both my desktop PC (Windows XP Home Edition) & my wireless laptop PC (Windows Vista Home Premium) are online (Both local & Internet) HOWEVER I cannot seem to get things whereas my desktop PC shares files which can then be viewed & otherwise accessed by the laptop.
Here's what I'm trying to do....
* Have BOTH computers access the Internet via private network (This I have already managed to do)
* Have the desktop share files which can be accessed (Wirelessly or not) by my laptop
Essentially, I want to be able to make use of BOTH HDs as needed.
My desktop is an old AMD Duron 1 Ghz. computer with 512MB of RAM & can handle SOME small tasks however the big gun is my laptop (A 1.86 Ghz. Intel Pentium with 3 GB of RAM). Because of it's speed & memory, I'd like to have the laptop handle the larger & more intensive tasks.
Although my laptop has a smaller HD compared my desktop (A 136 GB HD in the desktop (Out of 200 GB) compared to a 141 GB (I'm guessing this HD is around that size but since it came pre-installed & I'm currently leasing-to-own, I don't know), I'd like to be able to make use of BOTH HDs if at all possible. All I need is for the two computers to see the two HDs & all the files on it.
I have tried the setting up of file sharing as instructed elsewhere on the Linksys site, but lost it when I restarted both of my computers since that's what the page told me to do (I followed the Windows XP as the desktop has all the files I want to be shared & Windows XP is the OS of the desktop). Should I have not done this?
Also, my ultimate goal is to GET RID of the big bulky monitor which I have plugged into the back end of my desktop PC & just simply use the laptop instead since it doesn't take up so much room on the desk. Is there a software-based "Virtual Monitor" or monitor emulator of some kind which I can download (FREE please ) that will allow me to see the desktops of all the computers on my network just as if I
had REAL monitors? If so, where might I find one?
In short, whle I have accomplished a great deal in these last few days since I bought the router & linked the two computers together, as you can see, I still need some help & I've got some learning to do.
Any help I can get wouldbe MOST appreciated.
Cheers
Pat Cook
Denver, CO
Message Edited by asmyworldturns on 07-06-2009 06:32 PM
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File & Printer Sharing IS enabled on the desktop (Which has all the files I wish to share) HOWEVER.....
Ricewind wrote:
Make sure File and Printer Sharing is Enabled...
Also make sure both the computer's are in the same workgroup...
The default workgroup name in Windows Vista has been changed to WORKGROUP. In WindowsXP, the default workgroup name is MSHOME...
Also go into the computer software firewall on each computer, and set it to "trust" the other computers on your network.
If your firewall or PC security program keeps a list of trusted applications (also known as a "trusted zone"), then make sure that your router is in the trusted zone on your firewall...
As indicated before, both computers have DIFFERENT operating systems. The laptop has Windows Vista HP installed while the desktop has Windows XP HE installed. As such, are you suggesting that I stick with the default workgroup names just to keep things simple?
As for the firewall & other security software, I have Windows Defender plus SpyBot (Desktop only), ThreatFire & AdAware (The latter I rarely use since ThreatFire fills this need rather nicely). Would I have to go into Defender on both computers & tell it to trust the other computer? Network Magic already does this with both computers (Yes, I have Network Magic installed on both computers).
Cheers
Pat Cook
Denver, CO

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