Start with the XP firewall - if it is enabled, make sure you allow an
exception for file and printer sharing:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843090/en-us

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"chris a" <chris a@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1D3E13F5-D46A-479D-8C21-FFD18CEA17EC@microsoft.com...
> I have 3 pcs on my networ .. 2 * windows 2000 + 1 windows xp sp2
> The windows 2000 pcs see each other and can open each others shared
> directories ( via network places / computers near me )
> I also see the windows xp machine on both windows 2000 machines but cannot
> open it .. says ... not accessable . the path was not found ...
>
> For some reason the network installation assistant on windows xp does not
> support windows 2000 ( seems to support all other windows versions :-) )
>
> all I want to do is see my three pcs from each machine in the "network
> places / computers near me" directory ..
> chris
>