Win 7 can't see Win XP

[TheRealMrGrey]

I have a Win 7 64bit desktop that I'm trying to use to see a Win XP 32bit laptop. I have followed various tutorials such as:

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-196544-windows-7-won-t-recognize-xp-pc-in-network

and

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/share-files-and-printers-between-windows-7-and-xp/

But these methods do not work for me. I have the following settings for the Win 7 computer:

Turn ON network discovery
Turn ON file and print sharing
Turn ON sharing so that anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders
Turn ON password protected sharing (or OFF, it doesn't solve the problem)

Both computers are set to the same work group called WORKGROUP. The Win7 desktop is set such that it is a Work Network (as opposed to Home).

I have been able to connect my Win7 desktop to a Win7 laptop without any problems. The XP laptop and Win7 desktop both see the internet normally. My router is a Linksys BEFSR41 ver 4.3.

Anything else I can do as a work around? Thanks.

 

[JackMDS]

Some 3rd party security suits tend to block LAN traffic and might need to be re-adjusted or unistall (Disable might still block).

Permissions has to be correct.

All users that are allowed to share need to have account on all the computers that they are allowed to connect to.

Everyone is an account, it means a group of all of the users that already have an account and been established as users.
Using the Everyone feature saves the need of configuring permission to each of the established users, it does not mean Everyone that feel that they would like to login.

Users that do not have an account on the computer are Not part of the Everyone Group.


If security on the LAN is Not needed and users are Not established, then switching On the Guest account provides semi-open configuration.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-the-guest-account-on-or-off
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Point to the a Folder that meant to to be share. Right click and choose properties.
In the properties
Click on the Security tab shown in the pic bellow to the right) and check that the users and their permission (shown in the pic bellow center and left) are correctly configured. Then do the same to the Permission tab.
This screen shot is from Win 7, Vista's menus are similar.

http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/Permission-Security.jpg

In both the Security panel, and the Permission panel you have to highlight each User/Group and examine that the Permission Controls are checked correctly.
When everything is OK, Reboot the Network (Router, and computer).

* Note . The Groups and Users shown in the screen-shoot are just an example. Your list will look the way your system is configured.