Networking 2 computers in a local network at home, Windows 10 and XP, almost but not quite there yet, help.

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Hello, the past couple of days, I have been trying to network two older PC's, one a Dell Optiplex 9020, running Windows 10 Pro and an even older eMachines from 2005, still running XP to network up together. Previous attempts were a failure due to poor wireless connection, this goes way back to Vista when I still had that machine. The Vista machine met its fate in 2019, and in came a refurbed Dell Optiplex with Windows 10 and now with a new internet gateway and router, I can connect the two much more reliably now than before.So 2 days ago, began the process and got the SMB V1 setup on Windows 1

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