adding new desktop to network

[gobofraggle]

i`m waiting for a new desktop to be delivered,to replace our aging one.my question is,i have a home network set up with the existing pc and three laptops.will i be able to simply add the new desktop to our existing network,or will i have to set up a completely new network.many thanks in advance.

[rojash]

Just add it. Make sure the Workgroup name is the same as that of your other machines.

[rojash]

... and that the Computer name is unique!

[sarah_louise]

I found it much more difficult than it should have been because I was linking a new PC with Vista to a Workgroup with XP. You would think it would be the same but the default names were different and sharing a printer and file permissions took a bit of fiddling around because of user account control in Vista.