Can't Get Win 7 Homegroup to Work Properly
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Can't Get Win 7 Homegroup to Work Properly
I have two computers running Win 7 Ultimate - one is 64 bit and the other is 32 bit. On both computers I can create and leave a homegroup, but on neither computer can I join a workgroup that exists on the other computer. I.E., both computers only want to create a homegroup.....neither want to join,
Would appreciate any suggestions for resolving this issue. Thanks in advance............
Re: Can't Get Win 7 Homegroup to Work Properly
You know you will need tha same password on both?
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Re: Can't Get Win 7 Homegroup to Work Properly
shreader wrote:You know you will need tha same password on both?
Yea, but I never get that far. I created a homegroup w/password on the first computer.........sure enough, it says that this computer has "joined".
Then I go to the second computer ready to join and enter the same password. but this second computer doesn't recognize the homegroup I created on the first computer. The second computer wants to create it's own homegroup; I even let it do this once and then changed the password to be the same as on the first computer. Still didn't work.
I went to a Microsoft website and read that I need to ensure that Peer Network Grouping and HomeGroup Provider services were started. HomeGroup Provider was not, so I started it and changed it from Manual to Auto. I still couldn't get the second computer to recognize the homegroup created on the first computer..........it still wanted to create its own.
I next went to the MIcrosoft Technet and read an article entitled "Windows 7 Homegroup: Walkthrough". In this article, they say to first change the active network on both computers from Home network to Public network. Then when you are creating a homegroup or adding the second computer to the homegroup, you change the location back to Home network and follow the normal steps for creating/adding. I haven't tried this process yet, mainly because it was published back in Aug '09 before the final release of Win 7 and I wasn't sure it was still a valid process. But I think I will now try it.
So that's where I stand...................been fighting this problem on/off for two days. Thanks.
Re: Can't Get Win 7 Homegroup to Work Properly
I FINALLY solved the issue. My problem was that the two computers had the same computer name. I guess I did this inadvertenly or by default, I can't remember. Anyway, after I gave the second computer a different name and rebooted, it saw the HomeGroup created on the first computer. So now I can share printers and stuff.
Sometimes (most of the time, lol) it's the simple things that cause me problems.
Sometimes (most of the time, lol) it's the simple things that cause me problems.
Re: Can't Get Win 7 Homegroup to Work Properly
Wat to go bbarry on getting it working & not giving up
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