Can't see my Win Me PC with my XP Laptop

[COPO]

I want to copy files from my home pc with Win Me to my laptop that has Win XP. I'm using a crossover cable between the 2 pc's using the RJ45 jacks and have gone to My Computer on my home pc and right clicked it and selected sharing and gave a share name with full access. When I go to my laptop I can't see the drive I want to get at on my home PC. What am I doing wrong? Thx in advance.

[jmwills]

Primary reasons why Windows XP and Windows 98/ME networks have trouble sharing resources:

1. Make sure all computers are in the same workgroup and have unique names on the network

2. Make sure all firewalls are disabled while setting up the network. In particular make sure that WinXP's built-in firewall is disabled on the local area connection.

3. Make sure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.

4. Make sure File and Printer Sharing is bound to only one protocol, preferably TCP/IP.

5. Make sure drives and/or folders have been designated as shared.

6. If the Windows 98/ME computers have Client for Microsoft Networks as the primary network logon, make sure that the proper username and password are entered when these machines boot. If Windows logon is the primary network logon, make sure that either a null password is used or that the correct password is used when booting these computers. Hitting the cancel button at the password prompt may prevent network connectivity.

[COPO]

Out of all the steps, I only know how to check #5. Can you explain how I do the others. I went into help on the XP machine for the firewall issue but the help instructions mentioned settings that did not show up.

[jmwills]

Right click the network adapter for each machine and go to properties. AThe settings will be found within there.
The NetBIOS setting will be on the Advanced property setting for TCP/IP protocol.