Thanks, Mick, I didn't know the two laptops had to be in the same workgroup;
I will try that. The other things you mentioned have already been set up that
way.
Many thanks for your help.
Nick
"Mick Murphy" wrote:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
> The above might help. You have to make sure the Workgroup name is the same
> for both computers; and in Vista go to Network sharing, to make sure network
> discovery, file sharing is turned on ; passowrd protect is turned off.
>