Thanks guys, I have checked the user name deal and that's not a problem, I am using the same username on both systems. I see that they are connected to the same workgroup, they both show up in the window when I look. I don't know how to ping the computers, at least I don't think I know. This has been bothering me for a long time, both computers run the internet fine, but this access permissions and path not found is driving me nuts. How do I set access permissions? I never set any when i did the network. Thanks for the quick responses! You guys are a big help already.