You need to better explain how your network is set up.  Are you connecting through a router?  I don't understand what the wireless software or Windows XP has to do with it.  Both should allow setting up a network. 

 

Steve

Modem connected to the router, then wireless router connected through a wire to the PC ...  The laptop connects to the internet through the wireless router ... I just want to make a network between the DeskTop and the laptop. do I need something else to connect this?

 

Thanks!

On each computer, open Network Properties, right click on the connection over which files will be shared and select Properties.  Make sure File and Printer Sharing has the box next to it checked.  Then open Windows Explorer and select the driver or folder you want to share over the network.  Right Click it and select Sharing to share that drive or folder.  Finally, makes sure any firewall running on the these computers is confugured to allow local network access. On any computer running Windows XP with SP1, disable the Windows XP firewall. It will not allow File and Printer Sharing. On computers running Windows XP with SP2, make sure that the Windows XP firewall has File and Printer Sharing checked off on the Exceptions tab. If you are running any third party firewalls, like those provided by such programs as Zone Alarm, Norton Internet Security, or McAfee Security Suite, make sure they are configured to allow local network traffic.

 

Shared files or folders should then show up in My Network Places and you can open them to copy or move files back and forth between computers using Windows standard copy/move/open functions.

 

Steve