On opening the Network Neighborhood icon I cannot see my own computer.
Fix:
Open up the 'Control Panel'.
(Click the Start Menu, select 'Settings' and click 'Control Panel')
Open the 'Network' icon by Double Clicking on it.
Select each item and click 'Remove'
(Do this one at a time until the list is empty')
Then Click 'OK' and when prompted click 'Yes' to Restart the machine
(Upon restarting you will be prompted to install a driver for your NIC, do so)
(You may now have to restart your machine again! - annoying ain't it!)
(If you are not prompted to install a Driver for your NIC then Do an add-new hardware autodetect,
If this also fails to detect the card, check the NIC is seated correctly if so, stop all none essentical programs and add-new hardware again, this includes ICQ!)
(On restarting you will be prompted for a password, just click 'OK')
Open up the 'Control Panel' again
Open the 'Network' icon by Double Clicking on it.
Click the 'Add...' button, select 'Adapter' and click the new 'Add...' button.
(Now a Dual Screen will open up)
On the Left Hand screen select 'Microsoft' then,
On the Right Hand screen select 'Dial-Up Adapter' and click 'OK'.
Now Click the 'Add...' button, select 'Service' and click the new 'Add...' button.
Select 'File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks' and click 'OK'.
{Wait! until it returns from installing Drivers!)
Click the 'Add...' button, select 'Protocol' and click the new 'Add...' button
.(Now a Dual Screen will open up)
On the Left Hand screen select 'Microsoft' then,
On the Right Hand screen select 'IPX/SPX-compatible-Protocol' and click 'OK'.
{Wait! until it returns from installing Drivers!)
Select 'IPX/SPX-compatible-Protocol -> Dial-Up Adapter and click 'Remove'
Change your 'Primary Network Logon:' to 'Windows Logon'
Click 'File and Print Sharing...' and ensure both options are ticked and click 'OK'
Now click 'OK' on the Main Network Screen.
(When prompted press 'Yes' to reboot your system)
(After Reboot wait about 1 min and then double click the Network Neighborhood icon)
(After a few seconds you should see your own computer underneath the 'Entire Network Icon')
LAN Local Area Network (The Name of a collection of computers locally linked together)
NIC Network Interface Card (The Card that connects you to a LAN)