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I live on dorm... meaning each one of my components randomly gets assigned an IP address when connect to the network.
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You should have your own router to connect all your devices.
That will eliminate a lot of security issues and should keep your shared resources inside your network and to your devices only.
Then try turning off all firewalls during your set up.
If you are running Vista on one of the machines, read this article.
Teach XP and Vista to play nice on networks