Impossible to get a laptop running Vista SP2 on a wireless home network to recognize your desktop running Windows 7.

Try to share files.  OIOS sees files shared of the laptop, but the laptop cannot see the office.  Have following settings 'walk' on two PCs... network discovery, file sharing, public folder sharing, and media.
Password protected sharing is 'off' in both computers.  Printer sharing is disabled on laptop computer (not connected printers)... any help?

Here are the procedures for Vista with Windows7 network layout that can help:http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-7-Understanding-Network-Administration-Configuration.html.

Here is another article on home networks (with several links to related articles which must all be considered - as well as others, you will find in the related articles) to help you better understand the home networks: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Setting-up-a-home-network.  If it's for Vista, much of it applies to Windows7 (although there may be some differences that should be addressed in the previous article).

Here is an article on the networking of the different versions of Windows:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Networking-home-computers-running-different-versions-of-Windows.

I hope this helps. If necessary, start from scratch using these procedures and see if that helps.

Good luck!

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