***SOLVED***
YAY!! I figured out the problem!!
Ok so it was my McAfee Firewall which was preventing access through certain ports. This is what I did to fix it:
- Opened McAfee Security Center
- Clicked on the Firewall tab on the left side
- Clicked on View Internet Applications List
- Clicked on Inbound Events tab on Left side
At this point I could see my other computers trying to get access and it was saying they were blocked...so then I selected one of the blocked events and it gave a summary report below which said what ports they were trying to access. I then clicked on System Services tool link and it brought me to a page where you have to
specifically select which ports you want to open, so I opened ports 445 (Microsoft Directory Server) and port 139 (Windows File Sharing).
Now everything is fixed, all my computers are talking again like one big happy family!!
Thank you so much for your suggestions, I appreciate the help.
~FOX~