Joining a Widows 7 network

Very much a novice here, so any simple help appreciated.
Loaded Zorin last night, no problems, and it saw my Win 7 machine and printer on my home network, and I could access folders on the Win machine
Today, nothing visable, and when I open network, it shows my workgroup, but I cannot join ( asks for password).
Cannot see my Linux machine from Windows machine, or visa versa.
What have I done wrong?
Thanks
Ian K

You may need to ensure that all your packages are updated first. Open a terminal and enter:

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Your Zorin machine needs to be in the same workgroup for file access:

http://www.7tutorials.com/how-change-wo ... rk-windows

Also see the last post here:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 7fddd42f68

I never allow the default naming of any GNU/Linux install - you need to do a manual install for complete success:

http://vimeo.com/110085401

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v67233697bJ2bS9jm

Keep us posted!

Hi.
Followed ALL the above advice/Links etc etc, with no luck.
So, re-formatted the disk, downloaded (yesterday) Zorin OS9 again, and did a totally clean instal, downloading upgrades as it went.
It all worked....
However, it seems to require either the Windows machine booting up AFTER the Zorin machine, or rebooting both at the same time.
Will carry on playing today, and see if I can break it.
Cheers