Why can't my new iMac find my windows laptop?

Followed all the instructions but cannot get a connection between new iMac and a similar spec Windows 7 laptop.  Not a good start to my Imac experience but I'll blame the other machine for the moment.

Both or at least one of them should be allowed to be shared. On your mac, go into System Preferences > Sharing and see if File Sharing (at least this one) is checked.
Which instructions is a good question, of course. Instructions to what? The router, the PC, the iMac?

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