home group

I have three computers (Dell Desktop XPS-8700), HP laptop Envy X360 M6-AQ105DX, and Microsoft Surface Pro 4). The surface Pro 4 has Bitlocker disabled. All three run Windows 10 Pro and have SSDs as their main drives. The desktop has a secondary spinning drive and the Surface Pro 4 has a, SDXC...

At my age I'm not keen on climbing stairs, so I'm experimenting with transferring files from the PC laptop in the kitchen to/from the PC desktop upstairs. TeamViewer is working fine, and both machines are now in the same home group, for whatever that buys me. Both machines are Win7 SP1. Today I...

I have 3 computers on my LAN, C1 C2 and C3. All 3 are on the same work group. I have just added a second HDD to C3. I have formatted this drive as drive “G” and have set it to be shared, with full permissions set. I can access this drive and its folders from C3. I can also access public...

Hello None of the above seemed to fit. I have Windows 10 pro on desktop and laptop. I could not establish home group so I did what I had to do years ago with different pcs, which is to connect the 2 pcs with an Ethernet cable. However, unlike before when home group was established, even after...

Hi, Using Windows 7. Go to start Username "Joe". My User folder "Joe" is a subgroup of Libraries. I think the folder organization is messed up and probably the reason I can't get MediaCenter to work. Also My Documents data is found under Desktop/Libraries/Documents and also under Desktop/Joe...

Don't know if anyone else has seen this but at some point today a brand new and unwanted Home Group icon magically appeared on my otherwise clean and pristine Windows 8 Desktop. If you get one and like me, don't want one...

I have a Windows XP desktop - wired to my Motorola router/modem from AT$T for a while. I been able to run a Vista Desktop and a Windows 7 Premium Home with no problem. I got the A V Guardonline spam ware. I was able to clean it up using Combo Fix and Malware Byte. After Combo Fix - at first I...

Computer 1 has W7 64 bit Primary computer Computer 2 has W7 64 Bit Lap top Computer 3 has Vista 32 On Computer one I can see Computers 2 and 3 no problem On Computer Two I can see computer 3 On Computer Three I can see computers 1 and 2 My problem is why can't I see computer 1 (my primary...

Hi all, am at my wit's end!! Have not installed any hardware of late and just started bluescreening every couple of minutes yesterday. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL & And driver further down page is the tcpip.sys file Tried to install windows debugging tool to read dump file -...

Environment: Desktop : Windows 7 Ultimate Laptop1 : Windows 7 Home Laptop2 : Windows 7 Ultimate Laptop1 can view and access the libraries on the Desktop. Laptop2 can see the libraries on the Desktop but can not access the folders. I'm not sure what to do here, I've tripple checked that...

Hi, I'm new to Windows 7 and networking but have an ASUS wireless laptop connected to my home PC by a Netgear ADSL modem/wireless router (DG834GVv2). Both systems are running Windows 7 - 32 bit and can both access the internet. They are both in the same Home Group and have everything ticked...

to date i have had a home network since windows 95 ENTER THE WORLD OF VISA/WINDOWS 7 1. start > control panel > home group = join home group 2. select what ever you you want to share 3. type in the password ( now comes the problem i never had one ever and my install is about 5 months old) i...

Well I'm about to either uninstall windows7. Getting very annoyed with this whole network, file sharing, and print sharing. Wish I could click 2 buttons, Then poof I can print and share files. Guess not seeing that home group is Win7 Only. Here's what I got. Computer A(MX2): Is running xp...

Ive had my PC for 5 weeks. I have Windows 7. Yesterday, after instaling/applying new updates a prompt came up on the screen after I booted up. It was a prompt, asking me to select which network I wanted to connect a Home Group to. I selected Public of course, as I am the only PC in my home...

Hi, I have a desktop PC with Windows 7 Home Premium 32 and an Asus Eee 1005HA netbook running Window 7 Starter. Desktop is connected via cable to Linksys W54G, netbook has wireless connection. I created a Home Group on the desktop PC and made the netbook member of it. So far so good, both...

Would be interested in having feedback from those who are using or have tried to use Home Goup for networking. Please reply int the title with your Win7 edition, number of PC's/laptops, wireless/wired/combi and yes/no if you use Home Group for networking. Thanks a lot! :) I'll post a sample...

I have a basic LAN with 4 computers running Windows 7 RC 7100... I have joined all the computers to the Home Group, but most of the time when switching on the computers, some do not appear on the scene, wether in Home Group, or My Network... it is only until you log into them that they appear...

Hi, I'm using build 7100 on all machines involved. I have a home group setup and all of the computers I'm talking about have successfully joined the home group. I have one desktop computer at home. I have a portable which moves around. My networking is DSL -> NAT/Router/Wireless Access...

Hello I´m having problems setting up my home network with my other computer this on W7 one with xp and a extern mediaplayer hooked up to the router. Tried several things that i found here and on the net,no luck yet.One thing that i cant get fixed is the network ID thing. I understand i...

This seems really strange to me and would like to tell the group what has gone on with my system for the last day or so. I set up a home group over the weekend and some where along the way, I lost access my VPN at work. I tried different computers and different OS's Vista Ultimate, XP Pro, 2000...