Hi guys, I am new to the list and I sure hope you can help me.

I just upgraded my desktop from Windows 98 to Windows XP and now I cannot network it with my laptop which runs Windows ME.I have tried all the wizards and the computers just will not recognize each other.:confused . It networked fine before and I didn't change any settings. I am trying to network through the cable internet line but it just wont let me. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

first things first. Open up a command prompt window and ping your other machine and vice versa (do it in MS-DOS window in WinME) Let me know how it goes.

btw, the command to ping is:

PING X.X.X.X

Replace X.X.X.X with the IP address of the computer.

Well we finally got ( had ) it figured out. We had to start from scratch on the Windows ME machine. But then two days later it lost the network again.:WTF?: I don't think it should lose settings after we turn the computers off. I'll see if it happens again. ( I never had this problem before XP ).

Thanks for your help!!!