First question: Is it a static or dynamic network? If static, check your TCP/IP settings to link your systems. Second question: How are your systems networked? NIC (ethernet is usually the best way to network share), unless you are hubbing your resources and routing them. ALso check the control panel and Device manager to see what acutally appears in the hardware configuration, and hopefully all anti virus software was disabled prior to it's installation. Also another method to see if both systems are interconnected is to ping them (ping 127.10.10.10)for network integrity. This checks the integrity of the internal working of the NIC card, and then you can ping the remaining system to see if the other system receives it.
I have a simple home network with two pc's running W98se. They see each other, and the gateway pc accesses the internet via a D-Link 200 ADSL Modem, USB connected. When installing ICS on the host pc, the Wizard does not list the modem as an option to connect to the internet, only the NIC card, as it expects there to be two such cards on the host. I have tried every whichway to access the internet from the client machine, slavishly following MS instructions, but no joy. I had the setup working some time ago, but have forgotten the method I used. Does anyone have a clue on this, please? It is driving me balmy!!

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