Connecting an XP PC onto an NT 4 Network

Newly purchased PC running XP home edition. Trying to add as a client for microsoft network.
Not an easy task. Nowhere can I find any settings to logon to NT network. I have added all TCPip info, domain name info, DNS settings etc…it is going through my lan to access the internet, but cannot get it to log me onto the network and see the old style “network neighborhood” It there a trick to XP??