wait a sec i did answer your question. I tried your suggestion and it did not work.
No, you did not. A have asked you over and over again whether browsing manually to \\computername\sharename worked. Never got any answer. Still did not get the answer in yet another post you added. Look, if you do not want to answer questions, then do not ask for help. Tired of this game.
yes i did, see my last post. going manually in "Run" to \\computername\sharename (my computer name and the folder that is shared's name- of course i am not putting it here for my own protection ) would not work with Avast on the computer, in fact all it did was hang and all i got was a round arrow cirle, then it came back and said it cannot find the sharename
Went to the Xp Pro computers- ran the same command - got same problem on their sides (both computers could not see this Windows 7 computer
uninstalling Avast it worked- went right to the sharename on both sides with no problems
Put Avast back on- same problem
Uninstalled Avast again using Avast Uninstaller from their website. Used CCleaner to clean out reg files from Avast and any temp files it left
Rebooted- all was fine
At this point I put MSE on to see if another antivirus program was causing the problem. MSE also has network checking in its program
That works just fine and I can see all the shared files on the network and they can all see me.
As stated on both my posts I answered your question and I do appreciate your help.
robin