OK, usual question time.
- have you connected the two machines with a cross-over cable (if a peer-to-peer network), or a patch cable (if connected to a hub)?
- If so, have you ensured that the network adapter on the Windows XP machine is functioning correctly and recognising the fact that...
The code for connecting to a Windows 2000 Pro machine (I don't know about XP yet, but it SHOULD work) is as follows:
smb://<network domain name> (usually something like "workgroup");<username>(as specified in "Users & Groups" under Windows - NOT Mac OSX's "Users"!)@<name of PC you are...