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Win 7 and Win XP - tearing their eyes off (networking problem)
Hi everyone.
After reading pages and pages of material on this theme, and dealing with this for over a week, I decided to try to call for help here.
I've been having problems networking Win 7 and Win XP.
I tried everything I knew and everything new I read on the internet.
In Win 7:
leaving HomeGroup;
setting the network to Work Network and to Home Network
of course, setting the same name for the workgroup
pinging the XP computer (it works, they ping)
exploring the network map (the XP computer is shown with its' name but I can't right click it or access it)
tried start -> run -> \\xp computer ip address to no avail;
also, the same with the \\computer name - to no avail;
killed firewall;
ran network troubleshooter;
got really anxious;
In Win XP:
set the workgroup to the same name
xp doesn't see the win 7 computer in my network places, although I can ping it;
tried start -> run -> my own ip address (fixed the network issue with the other xp computers I have on the network)
tried start -> run -> \\win 7 ip address - no avail;
tried start -> run -> \\win 7 computer name
installed LLTD (Link Layer Topology Discovery) fix, which enabled the win 7 machine to see this one, but not the other way round.
Please, help.
I am starting to loose my nerves here. :)
I am also willing to allow TeamViewer helper to help me out, if anyone is interested. Written solution is preferable, of course.