Post networking questions to one of the networking forums and groups, where the experts hang out.

Talk to your network support people at work, especially if you are
using a Domain on your network there.

Configuring your computer to network at home in a peer-to-peer
situation using a crossover cable will require some changes in the
network configuration settings that will have to be undone in order
for the computer to be used at the office.

One way of doing this might be to create two user profiles on the XP
Laptop - one for Home and one for Work.  Then you should be able to
configure the Home profile for networking with the Windows 95 machine
while leaving the Office network settings intact in the Office user
profile.

Here is a web site that may provide some useful advice on configuring
your home networking:
Adding Windows XP to an Existing Network by MVP Steve Winograd:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/addxp.htm

Good luck

Ron Martell     Duncan B.C.    Canada

The problem is that XP does not install Netbeui, by itself. If you have the
XP disk then you may follow these instructions from Microsoft's Knowledge
Base. (if you don't have the disk other options are to copy them from an XP
machine that already has NetBEUI installed or if you have access to a Win
2000 machine the same files are installed in the same location). Took me 4
months to figure this out but I have used it twice and worked perfectly both
times.
         Insert your Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and browse to
the Valueadd\MSFT\Net\NetBEUI folder.
Copy Nbf.sys to the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Drivers directory.
Copy Netnbf.inf to the %SYSTEMROOT%\Inf hidden directory.

NOTE: To make a hidden folder viewable, perform the following steps:
Click Start, click Run, type Explorer, and then press ENTER.
Click Tools, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
Under Advanced Settings, click Show hidden files and folders under the
Hidden files and folders Folder.
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Connections.
Right-click the adapter you want to add NetBEUI to, and then click
Properties.
On the General tab, click Install.
Click Protocol, and then click Add.
Click to select NetBEUI Protocol from the list and then click OK.
Restart your computer if you receive a prompt to complete the installation.
The NetBEUI protocol should now be installed and working.

NOTE: %SYSTEMROOT% is a Windows environment variable that identifies the
directory where Windows XP is installed (for example, C:\Windows). To view
the value associated with %SYSTEMROOT%, as well as other environment
variables, at a command prompt, type set, and then press ENTER.

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                                            Jerry