workgroup help

[sybaris]

Can anyone help please?

I have Windows 7 64bit installed on my desktop PC.

As some of my games wont run, I thought I would install a VMware version
of XP PRO on to another partition.

I gave the computer in XP a name and checked it was set to Workgroup.
I then made sure my host PC was on the same workgroup.

On both PCs I made a share and gave permissions to everyone.

If I browse the ms network from either OS, I can see both computers.
However I can not connect to them.

Can anyone help?

 

[Rainmaker]

Is password protected sharing turned to Off in the Network & Sharing Center in Windows 7? Make sure that it accepts connections from lower grade encryption machines (listed as 'less secure') too, as I think that's XP. Also check the NIC setup on the VM; is it set to bridged or other? You need it to get its own LAN IP from the router. I'm sure others will have plenty more ideas.