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Now when I ping from the other one,it fails.

All are windowsXP.

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What's the question? – Matt H Dec 28 '11 at 0:38
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you might want to provide a little more information about your situation ie, network setup etc. What do you want to do? Remote desktop? Share files?

edit: there are so many different possible reasons for 2 computers to not be able to see each other in network neighborhood - it would be impossible to give a decent answer without knowing more!

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Though there are many reasons, one thing that I've found is a problem a lot of the time is that they are on different workgroups. Try opening "Control Panel" -> "System", and open the "Computer Name" tab. See if both computers are on the same Workgroup or Domain. If not, click "Change" and set them to the same group.

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IMO, specifying a different workgroup while being on the same LAN does not have any influence on accessibility of a computer. Workgroup name is just a convenience for seeing computers in different folders in windows Explorer, nothing more – WebMAOhist Apr 30 at 4:14
I would agree, but it's bitten me before when trying to set up lan games with friends. It's now the first thing I check anytime we have issues (also due to it being so simple). – Sivvy May 1 at 21:13
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TightVNC? Your question is so NOT specific. The program i suggested allows you to view another PC and control it remotely.

For all we know that's what you may have wanted.

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