VMWare communicating with host PC

wargamer6

Hello. I'm trying to run Server 2008 on a VMware install. I've got an XP box that can connect and access file shares but the host pc, Windows 7, sees it but cannot connect.

I've tried Googling and didn't find much other than different situations that didn't apply to mine. I've even turned off the firewall but that didn't help.

Here's the error:

file and printer sharing resource is online but isn't responding to connection attempts.

Any ideas?