So far, a small progress has been made and also a small step back wards. I managed to remove the second XP PC with same name by disabling the 1394 connection. I three un-named printers alongside the shared docs folder I am trying to access. Turned on user-name and password on the Win 7 PC and as...
Ok have changed the network to work. "Network discovery" is on. Not sure why I should need "username and password" to be on as there are no passwords set.
It is my fervent wish that one day that it will be far less trouble getting the basic computing needs to work without having to seek help. I cannot access the shared docs on the XP PC. I get the error \\*****\shared docs is not accessible etc etc. For some reason on the Win 7 PC under network...