Recent content by Mrmidlandman

Wel, I've cracked it now. It was all down to firewalls. I may be stupid, but I bet thousands (or millions) go through the same process. Setting up a network really is easy - if you know how to do it before you start.

To compose my previous email I checked various things, but to no avail. Subsequently, I've tried removing the homegroups and setting them up again. I now find that I'm further back than I was. I did the following: I'd already tried cycling homegroup through Home / Work etc on both machines. I...

Highwayman - I'm so grateful for your interest, but I haven't been able to move forward from your post, as follows: Why can't I access my homegroup? Taken from Windows built in HELP :- Why can't I access my homegroup? There are several reasons why you might not be able to access your...

Thanks for your reply. I've set up a (or is it 'the') homegroup on both PCs, but: 1. I've read that it doesn't do much. 2. I don't know where the Homegroup is hosted, and how one machine sees a homegroup which has been set up on the other. I don't see any proof that either machine sees...

I've got a deskjtop and a laptop and a DLink router. they were all linked happily a couple of years ago and still have their ip addresses. The desktop is hard-wired to the modem. the laptop has a wireless link. I've just upgraded both machines to windows 7 and am trying to link them. Windows...