Xp wired base with vista wireless laptop

HELP!!!!  totally new to this stuff-I have a linksys WRT54GS V 6.0 router-have connected it to my ethernet wired XP home computer and want to add my VISTA wireless laptop to my home network with file sharing enabled.  My laptop works off the net at this stage, but I cannot access files from the base computer and vice versa-what am I doing wrong??
Anyone out there able to help this newbie??

Luimar, thank you for helping.  I have file & print sharing activated on all three computers (two desktop both running XP & the wireless laptop running Vista).  On one of the desktops, I have an HP Deskjet 970cse, connected via a parallel cable.  On the other desktop, I have an HP Photosmart 2610xi all-in-one, connected via a USB cable.  Just in case...I also have new WRT54G (version 8) wireless router that I just replaced my old router with.
I thought the problem might have been that I was trying to connect a wireless laptop running Vista to a printer on a pc running XP--such that the Vista drivers were not being loaded from the desktop running XP.  The Microsoft site says that this doesn't matter--that the drivers for both of these printers is already in the operating system.  At this point, I have no idea what to do next.

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