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    Windows 7 Win 7 PC won’t see any of my XP computers

    Thanks for the help everyeone. I dug out an old Ubuntu server running Samba and my Windows 7 picked it up no problem. So I can only assume that the fault lies with my XP laptop (and my company's configuration of it). Since all I really want to do is to synchronize folders and I can do that...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 PC won’t see any of my XP computers

    Fair enough. However my XP laptop is my company's laptop and I don't want to mess around with the security too much. But I would argue that because it previously allowed connections from Vista, the fault lies in Windows 7 or in my Windows 7 setup.
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    Windows 7 Win 7 PC won’t see any of my XP computers

    Thanks for the quick response. I've disabled my XP security suite but that hasn't worked. Before I upgraded to Windows 7 my laptop was a Vista laptop and it could connect fine to my XP laptop...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 PC won’t see any of my XP computers

    I'm having similar problems. My Windows 7 laptop cannot find my Windows XP laptop on the Network tab. Confusingly it works fine the other way around. ie my Windows XP can find my Windows 7 laptop. And my Windows 7 laptop can ping my Windows XP with no problem at all. And finally they've both...
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