Just to be sure we have covered all the bases......you did turn on file sharing right? In other words you set the files on the main computer to be share with other computers, right? Bob McLellan ----- Original Message ----- I am able to access the laptop > from the main computer without problem. However, when I want to access the > main computer from the laptop the main computer will not let me get there. > > I have been running Zone Alarm Pro on both computers. Since the router does > have a firewall in it could there be a conflict with Zone Alarm? If that is > the case, would it be safe to shut off Zone Alarm? I do not want to > uninstall Zone Alarm. I definitely will be running the laptop away from home > without the router and feel that I need Zone Alarm for protection. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.