Thanks.Well, for starters, all your computers must be part of the same domain.
Windows 7 practically insists on this for proper file sharing between the units.
Go to the control panel (just like XP) and look in the upper right side of the window where it says "Category", change that to "Small Icons" and you will get the full list of Control Panel applets.
From there, click once on "Network and Sharing Center". Then in the new window click on the blue link under "active network". It is likely named "Home Network". When you click on that link, a new window pops up. Click on "Work Network".
That setting allows the Windows 7 pc's to see the rest of the group and also makes them discoverable to the other pc's.
Also, on the left side of the "Network and Sharing Center" is a link called "changed advanced sharing settings" which also allows you to manually change specifics under each network type, be it home or work or public, which ever you are using.
You may also need to set firewall settings, though windows 7 should automatically configure those settings for you.
Also, Win7 does require a password logon be set for sharing to work seamlessly on those machines with any other computer on the network.
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