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File Sharing/Printing Problems (W7 Laptop - XP Desktop)
okay so here's the situation
i've been through it before with things working and now not working and i've asked on this forum before but it happened again...
before we start: both machines HAVE MSE
i own a Windows 7 Home premium laptop
wifi enabled, workgroup "WORKGROUP", network discovery/fileprinter sharing/password sharing/ all the things enabled to have the connection between XP and 7 work (it worked before)
and in the living room is an XP desktop
it is connected to the router wihch is connected to the modem. it's also connected to the printer via usb.
workgroup "WORKGROUP", file printer sharing enabled (printer is shared), etc like i said it worked before
i havent messed around much with the xp options (except enabling things here and there)
PROBLEM
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in the Workgroup folder, the xp can see the 7 computer and vice versa on the 7 computer.
it's just that whenever i click the icon to open it and browse through it, it gives an error : "Network path not found" or "\\blah\ is inaccessible"
it WAS working before after i reinstalled windows onto my computer and soon enough, it stopped working.
they can recognized each other being in the network, but cannot access each other...
Please provide some suggestions. i may have already done some of the things you are giong to say (this has been an ongoing problem) but i need to fix this..
In the end, i'm trying to share files through public folders between xp and 7 (previously worked)
and i want to print from the laptop wirelessly (much more convenient)
Thanks
ps i even turned off password protected sharing from this website's instructions but it didnt work so it's back on
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...d-fd3d431f3cd5