I got a free laptop from a company that went out of business. It runs WinXP.

I’d like to set up a home network and use it there. I followed the WinXP wizard setup and made my desktop computer the primary hub. But when I try to set it up on the laptop, XP setup says the laptop is part of a domain and thus can’t be set up on a home network.

I can get Internet access for the laptop, but I can’t browse the files on my desktop computer. Strangely, I *used* to be able to browse the desktop, but that stopped working for some reason. When I browse the network on the laptop, it shows workgroups from the now-defunct company, but not my local network.

Any ideas on how to get around this? The main thing I want is file sharing.

Here’s what you should try first…

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