I paid for someone to take over the machines remotely. He fiddled with some settings in Workgroups; didn't touch anything else. Now it works. Thanks for your help.
I've done some reconfiguration: both the desktop and the laptop are now completely identical in all settings. Use DHCP. TCP/IP Net Bios authorized. Eliminated a "connect to the Internet through this computer" setting on the PC; laptop now fires up and is immediately connected. Still have...
Some things changed since I wrote the first message. Recall I said both machines were logging on to differently named networks. I reset my router and then networked the PC via ethernet to router selected name PeachPine. With laptop, I just turned it on and let Windows find and connect to a...
My setup: 3 year old HP Pavillion PC, 3 month old Acer Aspire Laptop, 1 month old E3000 Cisco router, HP Printer, 3 month old Windows 7 on both computers, latest downloads, etc. Current configuration: both computers connected to router via Ethernet cable. Printer connected to router wirelessly...