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Workgroups problem with Win 7 and Win XP
I have three computers im trying to set up to talk with each other and I am having some issues. I've read numerous threads on here and other places about networking with win 7 and xp and havent found a fix yet. My issue is both of my win 7 computers can share just fine but the xp computer cant be seen or see the win 7 computers.
Everything branches off of a 8 port switch that also has a printer and external backup drive attached. All the computers can see and write to the backup drive and print on the printer. They also can all connect to the internet without any issues. Ive verified i have the win 7 computers set to Workgroup instead of homegroup and all the workgroup names match. I dont have any extra firewalls installed other than windows firewall and i tried disabling that with no change.
If there is another way to network the computers that will work easier im open to that as well. I just need to be able to access the computers and each of then needs to be able to access the internet as well.
Thanks for any help,
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