Hi, sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup... I didn't see one for 7.

I have 2 computers on the same workgroup/lan
Desktop with XP Pro
Laptop with 7 HP

I have lots of folders shared on windows xp but I can't see them/access them
in win7.

Initial web searches suggested turning off or on simple file sharing in XP
(really I forget which one) but I did that... eventually I could see the
windows xp computer and its shared folders in win7 but if I tried to access
them it would say something like permission denied.
This was a few weeks ago.

Today I thought I would take another stab at it and another website
suggested using the network setup wizard in xp. I did that and rebooted both
computers and now I can't even see the xp computer from w7.

I think I remember something like this in the past with vista hb and xp pro
and I know I was able to work around it then. I just don't know what the
solution was. I've put in my due diligence on the web but I can't find any
solution that actually works (or one that doesn't require pro/ultimate with
gpedit/secpol)

Thanks.