Can't detect other computers in the network

Hi, my company is using a router for the network(mainly share printer and
files). I turned off my firewall(McAfree), and set the network as Private
Network. I was able to detect the printers from others, but I could not see
other computers when I open my network place, nor detect them. Any
suggestion? Please advise. Thanks!
Danny

Assuming this is workgroup network, have you enabled the NetBIOS over TCP/IP?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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"Danny C" <DannyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0BBD308D-163E-45DF-87B4-068525485DF6@microsoft.com...
Hi, my company is using a router for the network(mainly share printer and
files). I turned off my firewall(McAfree), and set the network as Private
Network. I was able to detect the printers from others, but I could not see
other computers when I open my network place, nor detect them. Any
suggestion? Please advise. Thanks!
Danny

Always uninstall any non-Microsoft firewall software as the first step in
troubleshooting network connectivity issues. They rarely disable themselves
completely or properly.

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"Danny C" <DannyC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BBD308D-163E-45DF-87B4-068525485DF6@microsoft.com...
> Hi, my company is using a router for the network(mainly share printer and
> files). I turned off my firewall(McAfree), and set the network as Private
> Network. I was able to detect the printers from others, but I could not
> see
> other computers when I open my network place, nor detect them. Any
> suggestion? Please advise. Thanks!
> Danny
>

I just had the identical issue and solved it by uninstalling Norton Internet
Suite 2007 which came preloaded on a new Dell laptop with Vista Business.

"Danny C" wrote:

> Hi, my company is using a router for the network(mainly share printer and
> files). I turned off my firewall(McAfree), and set the network as Private
> Network. I was able to detect the printers from others, but I could not see
> other computers when I open my network place, nor detect them. Any
> suggestion? Please advise. Thanks!
> Danny
>