Networking Windows 7 and Win XP issues

Hello,

I have been reading all the forum posts and trying all the suggestions, so happy for all the people who had success, while had no luck. I tried hem all. I have finally found and fixed the problem. In the end it was the Zone Alarm Firewall that was blocking the traffic. Even though the firewall in the Trusted Zone was fully off. It was still blocking the traffic. This might help someone else. Halelujah. I am calm again.