Can someone help with connecting my computers?

I need help connecting computers with crossover cable. I have went to the icon of my local area connection and went to properties, then to internet protocol and put in the IP address, and the subnet mask. I've done this with both computers. A laptop and Desktop. One computer I put 10.1.1.1 and the other I put 10.1.1.2. I then pinged them both and they show up. I turned off my firewall and they are both connected. Why are they not showing up in my network places. Did I miss a step?

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You also need to turn on file and printer sharing and make sure each computer is under the same workgroup. Make sure you have hardrives or folders shared so they will show up.

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Connecting 2 computers is convenient for transferring files, making backups of data, sharing resources like a printers and CD Writers. . Depending on the resources available and applications, there are different methods for connecting 2 computers. More information at

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Connecting 2 computers is convenient for transferring files, making backups of data, sharing resources like a printers and CD Writers. . Depending on the resources available and applications, there are different methods for connecting 2 computers. More information at

http://fixit.in/connect2computers.html
give the one workgroup name to both the computers and also share the hard drive which u want to transfer the data