   Windows Network shares?
  What API, or protocall could be used inorder to1) Ping another / all computers on a network2) Gather window''s sharing information from each   computer that responded to the ping. 
  1) ICMP2) NetBIOSNever really done anything related to that with code, so thats about all the info i can offer.-=[ Megahertz ]=- ;  It''s called SMB (Server Message Block). That should at least give you a Google term. CIFS (Common Internet File System) is the newer version supported by Win2K/XP.I wouldn''t know how to implement it, but check the Samba website. There''s bound to be some info there. (Samba is the Unix implementation of SMB). 