LAN systems not visible

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We have LAN in the hostel but I do not see any connected systems on the network when I go to My Network Places.
A few systems show up on my friends.
But my PC shows none.
Also we are not able to use the IP access(remote connection using (e.g)\\174.33.45.66
It gives an error that "path not found"

first check the lan connection wire and other hard ware ....sss

Make sure you you have run network setup wizard on your system.

Maybe you have more than one firewall running. That tends to cause problems with a network.

Is your workgroup the same as the others'? Also, search for one of your friends' computers by name (computer name).

Done everything.
CS runs fine on the LAN.
workgroup also same. It says that path was not found. Windows firewall is off and Zonealarm was only recently installed. Even before it, it showed no systems.

i think the driver is not installed properly ......do it with the motherboard cd

uninstall ur network driver from device manager then reinstall
also try to ping any ip address

The drivers are not a problem. The ping on any live IP is successful.
The problem is that I can see and access others PCs but they cannot access my shared docs. My PC is detected on the network but cannot be accessed.
Can DNS server be the culprit?

Share a folder in ur system then type the complete path frm other pc to access the folder in ur computer like
//computerName/FolderName

+1

This is the first thing u should do after running the network setup wizard.
Dont know the reason behind it but sharing even an empty folder and then accessing it from other machine will make your machine visible and accessible also.

Used to face the same problem in hostel

Good old days..

PS: Final step was to format the LAN PC's out of frustration..hehe