I have read and followed a lot of posts to no avail.
specifically I have followed the advice in "Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP - How-To Geek" and "How to make Windows 7 work with older Windows versions for networking and file sharing"
- both machines are in the same...
access control
advanced sharingfilesharing
firewall
homegroup
network discovery
network drive
networking
password protection
permissions
public folder
security settings
sharing issues
simplefilesharing
troubleshooting
user account
windows 7
windows xp
workgroup
