Im trying to set up a network via wifi. There are two computers and both have a wifi card (usb). I have a wifi router i use to connect to the internet on both computers. How if so is it possible to connect both computers via this. I have tryed the shared folder set to shared on both computers and went through a little wizard but i cant see the other computers shared folder files. Help appreciated thanks. Go into each folders properties and click enable sharing also make sure users are allowed to read, write and so on in those folders, also click my computer and enter it's properties under the 'Computer name' TAB make sure both computers have the same 'workgroup' (should be MSHome) by default. Once you make the work groups the same and enabled file sharing on the folders you want these folders should appear when you click 'View work group computers'. Also if you want to SHARE all files between both machines you should click the root drive (C:) and click properties and enable sharing.

The wizard doesn't really do the job well and i can't give you step by step instructions because i don't use XP home.Thanks for the help its working fine now. Is the network secured by the routers wep key do you know to stop access to intruders?Yeah, you will need to be connected to the network to access these folders, there are more security options but these only really come in to play when you have other PEOPLE who are connected to the network but you don't want them to be able to access certain folders...
But as far as your concerned only the machines connected to your network can access your folders, so LONG as your network is key ENCRYPTED (WPA or whatever) no one else will be able to gain access to these folders.