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    Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    I don't think so. Both routers are set up with basically the same security settings, and none of the computers have any trouble seeing each other on the LAN
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    Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    I found a "solution" that might work for some of you, but it didn't work for me: http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/20819-wireless-homegroup-workgroup.html Supposedly if you set your SSID to the same as your network ID in Windows, it'll work wirelessly. That hasn't been the case for...
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    Windows 7 Stuck on "Welcome" screen & system restore - why only one point?

    This is getting frustrating. This problem has only happened four times so far, but the most recent two were today (with the second time being just a few days ago, as indicated above). It seems to be getting more frequent. It happened this morning when I turned my computer on for the first...
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    Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    Oh, I see - you're saying that going to a powerline (wired) network connection solved the HomeGroups problem? That's interesting. I wonder if there are some known limitations/issues with HomeGroups on wireless networks.
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    Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    homeplugs? I found the simplest solution was to simply map to the remote shared directories in the traditional manner. \\Computer\directory. Even without HomeGroups working, that works.
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    Windows 7 Stuck on "Welcome" screen & system restore - why only one point?

    The event viewer shows NO errors at the time of the stuck welcome screen. It does show a critical error when I get tired of waiting and reboot the system, and that error is "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding...
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    Windows 7 Stuck on "Welcome" screen & system restore - why only one point?

    No, I haven't run a registry cleaner on this system.
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    Windows 7 Stuck on "Welcome" screen & system restore - why only one point?

    The system restore size for the C drive is already set to be ridiculously large - 10% of the drive. Obviously, that's not the problem, as I've seen other instances where quite a few restore points are available. Somehow they were deleted shortly before this problem occurred each time (or perhaps...
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    Windows 7 Stuck on "Welcome" screen & system restore - why only one point?

    Well, this just happened again, and once again, it was for no reason, and once again, there was only one Restore point available (even though, last time I looked, there were a whole bunch of restore points, as if all but the most recent was deleted when this problem manifested itself). Oddly...
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    Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    I haven't done anything to disable the HomeGroup services on the HTPC, and as I said above, it will let me attempt to join the HomeGroup, but it fails in the last step (after I've entered the password). None of that should be doable without the HomeGroup service enabled.
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    Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    I've finally updated the third PC in the house to Win7, and have a little more insight into where the problem might lie, but still no idea why. My wife's PC, connected to the same wired router as mine, is now running Windows 7, and during setup, it found and successfully connected to the...
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    Windows 7 "Roaming" AppData directory despite NOT using roaming profiles?

    Got it. I was just thrown off by the term "roaming," which has been added into the directory hierarchy since XP, since that term has a specific meaning within Windows networking that does not apply to these configurations. A roaming profile is one that is stored on the network and transferred...
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    Windows 7 "Roaming" AppData directory despite NOT using roaming profiles?

    This is the case now even for systems that aren't set up to use roaming profiles? I assume this is new with Vista or 7? Seems like an odd way to do it, but if that's the designed/expected profile management system now, so be it. Knowing specifically how the directories are to be used is quite...
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    Windows 7 "Roaming" AppData directory despite NOT using roaming profiles?

    Umm, who said anything about the directory being empty? Did you read my question at all?
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    Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    No, the host system is the primary PC. The living room PC (HTPC) is trying to join the HomeGroup. I did not get an error or warning about IPv6 on either system. In fact, when I look at my network properties, my system apparently does have an IPv6 address, though I see nothing in my router...
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