> If you have Home Basic you're screwed - it won't connect to other machines
> on the network (yes, functionality that has been in every MS OS since
> DOS/Lanman has been removed).

I don't think that is the reality.  I have a machine running xp at home and a
new Vista Home Basic, both connected to a 4 port router.  I was able to
successfully map a drive in the Vista machine to point to the XP machine.

 From a command prompt window

c:> net use z: \\xpcomputername\sharename /user:yourusernamehere 
/persistent:no

This should work providing the network config on the Vista machine was done
correcly.

If you want the z: drive to stick after reboots use /persistent:yes

Also, if xpcomputername does not work, try using the remote machine's 
ip address
instead.

-Mario

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