I cannot get any of my XP machines to see my Win7 RC machine on the same network and cannot share the printer on the Win7 machine. I have everything enabled (that I can find anyways) for file and printer sharing.

I have the same problem and have tried everything I could think of strange enough I can get an old 98 comp to access my W7 comp but none of my XP machines.

I just replied to another query where the win 7 couldn't see xp computers on a network. That's the problem I had with everything turned on the way I thought it should be. I turned off my win 7 firewall, let it discover the xp computers, turned the firewall back on again, and everybody saw each other on the the network. Seems kind of clunky and maybe I inadvertently did something else but I finally got my network up and running.

Onall computersset thefirewalls to allow:- Windows network browsing- Windows filesharing and network printers- PING / ICMP echo request and reply

My Win 7 RC1 can see XP on net.XP cannot see Win 7.Thanks for the suggestion: Windows network browsingI'm looking at the Firewall options, LOTS of options.Can find "Windows network browsing"

If you have Windows 7 on a HomeGroup then only other participants in HomeGroup (Vista and Windows 7 only) will see you. If you want others to see you and for you to see them you need to take Windows 7 (or Vista) out of the HomeGroup.

My Win 7 RC sees my my network including a Vista Machine and a networked printer however I cannot access the Vista machine or Printer. I receive a message that the Vista Machine is Deteteced witha Yellow Tiangle symbol.

Taking myself out of Homegroup did not help either.

Request the KB922120 fix to microsoft center and install it on your Vista and XP system. After you will see all your network from 7 : mapping all network. Enjoy it________________________________________________________________ Config: Aspire X3200, AMD Phenom 9550 ( Quad core ), 4 Gb MB: Acer WMCP78M, Chipset: Nvidia; GeForce 8200 MCP78PV

Perhaps i better explain just a little better my problem. Win7 CAN see all of my other XP machines but the XP machines canNOT see the Win7 machine. I have tried taking the Win7 out of the HomeGroup and it is still not showing on the XP's.Hope this helps better.

And how do I find network browsing in the Win7 settings?

Turning off and turning on the firewall allowed me to see one of the XP computers on my network but not the other. What gives?

It is most likely caused by XP having dementia. It's an 'old' son-of-a-____.

The Win 7 default workgroup is "WORKGROUP" - once I found that out I just went through the normal XP home-network setup and changed it from "MSHOME" to "WORKGROUP". Restarted both machines and it worked fine.

Thank you so much cartamorte, that is the answer that works. My XP machines can now see the Win7 machine. Great work and thanks again.

Oddly enough, after several reboots for other reasons I now see both the XP computers. Next up: Change the network names on the XPs from MSHOME to WORKGROUP...