I have read every variation in several forums to no avail.
I have 2 machines on running XP Pro SP3 and on running Win 7 7057. When I had Win Beta 7000 I figured out the Networking in a few minutes. I have been working on this for 2 days, with little success.
I have figured out how to Map a drive from Win 7 to XP and How to setup a Network place from Win 7 to XP. Win 7 still won't show the XP Computer in Explorer or Networking. I can see the Win 7 Computer in My Network Places from the XP machine I can even see the shared folders on the XP Machine but I get a \\computername\folder is not accessable/ You might not have permission to use this network resource..... The request is not supported. I have truned off AntiVirus and Firewalls. I have a common WORKGROUP, I setup Gust account on the Win 7 computer.
Any ideas??
Things that has worked for me in this scenario where
Network is clicked open in
Win 7 you see only the
Icon & Computer name of the
Win 7 running Computer ( i.e. itself) and
not any other named computers in your Homenetwork [be that Win XP, Win 2000 or Linux]
1. Make sure to Install the
VISTA driver ( x32 or x64 bit depending upon your Win 7 32 bit or 64 bit) for the
Network Interface card (
network adapter) both
Ethernet and
Wireless ( if present) devices using the
Manufacturer's disc or
downloaded updated drivers from the manufacturer's site as there are no Win 7 drivers yet for most devices. This
must be done, from my personal experience,
even when Device Manager shows the Network adapter without any error symbols and properly named but not functioning ( no Internet no Network)! [ I had an
ethernet adapter onboard (
integrated with the MoBo) and a PCI Wireless Card [Encore ENLWI-G2] on a MACHINE I had Windows VISTA 32 on one partition of a multi- partitioned hard disk and when I installed Win 7 beta 64 bit Build 7000 it seemed to recognize both devices and my homenetwork [of several computers using a Buffalo WHR-G125 Wireless Router with 4 LAN ports for Wired PCs] with a perfectly normal looking
Device Manager including
Network adapters but the
system won't connect to the Internet nor would IPCONFIG command show the IP4v address , Default gateway and
DHCP server addresses in the 192.168.xx.xx range and
DHCP Enabled entries despite
several resettings of ADSL Modem,the
Wireless router and rebooting of the offending PC , until I
installed the Wireless driver for Windows VISTA 64 from ENCORE's software CD by Right Click Update driver software...> Browse My computer for driver software > navigating to the location of my Encore CD in the Optical drive! Every time I opted to use the "
Search automatically for updated driver software" before I used my
ENCORE Driver Software CD to update it , the computer would do the
online search for software and display the message "
Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date" ! I repeat, only after I updated the already "up to date" Wireless adapter, I was able to make a wireless home network and access the Internet through the browsers. I cannot explain why that happened not once twice because I wanted to test it by reinstalling the Win7 in the same PC!
2. If you are sure you got the adapter setup OK you may turn your attention to the Router and networking.
a. Since you have both Win 7 and non win 7 Computers
Homegroup which is designed for Win7 computers won't be enough.
Make sure all computers in the
network use the
same Workgroup name.
b. If you already have a homenetwork into which Win 7 is joining as the new kid in the block, you may only have to
change the
default workgroup name of
workgroup into
whatever your present workgroup name is. If all are carrying the workgroup name "workgroup" obviously you won't need this step. c
. All computers in the
homenetwork must have the same
Administrator name and
password . Once you setup you can later create other accounts as needed.
d. In Control Panel> Network and Internet> Network and Sharing Center
create Homenetwork Not Public or Work.
e. Make sure when you finally click your
Network icon
in Win 7 PC and don't see the other networked PCS on the screen ( your current main problem)
, from the
menubar of Network window,
click View> Refresh and wait for other
computers to appear. f
. I assume you know about what assets ( Printers / Files and Folders, etc) you want to share amongst the networked computers and how to do that.