http://www.7tutorials.com/how-access-windows-7-shared-folders-ubuntu
Cyper notes:when I click Places > Network, it prompts: Could not open location network://
when I click Places > Connect to server..., it prompts: Can't load the supported server method list. Please check you gvfs installation.
Got here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1278395
tryingsudo apt-get install gvfs-backends
Now "when I click Places > Connect to server", it works as expected.