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I am currently having a problem trying to use Windows 7's hideously difficult network interface. I am having trouble getting my Windows 7 box and XP box to share files across the network, I have them set up on the same Workgroup but that does not seem to be helping. Windows 7 cannot ping XP and vice versa.
In Windows 7, I have set the shares using Advanced sharing function because the normal share... feature is greyed out, presumably because it cannot find other computers/Win7 boxes on the network and I have set up the advanced sharing options appropriately. In windows XP I have tried turning off Simple File Sharing in an attempt to see if that works but I still cannot get the two computers to communicate.
I have also spent a while searching google looking for solutions but none of those seem to have helped much.
This is really aggravating me, if someone knows how to get a Windows7 box to talk to an XP box, please tell me.
In Windows 7, I have set the shares using Advanced sharing function because the normal share... feature is greyed out, presumably because it cannot find other computers/Win7 boxes on the network and I have set up the advanced sharing options appropriately. In windows XP I have tried turning off Simple File Sharing in an attempt to see if that works but I still cannot get the two computers to communicate.
I have also spent a while searching google looking for solutions but none of those seem to have helped much.
This is really aggravating me, if someone knows how to get a Windows7 box to talk to an XP box, please tell me.