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Thread ID: 103206	2009-09-15 10:02:00	Home Network & Win 7	bk T (215)	Press F1

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810550	2009-09-15 10:02:00	My home network has got 2 notebooks (XP) and 1 desktop (Vista Ult). This network is working fine, no problems. Have added another desktop with Win 7 RC installed and it detects and connects to my existing network automatically. Internet, file & print sharing etc, are all working perfectly. My network's workgroup name is: ABC , but when I checked the workgroup name of this Win 7 machine, it is : WORKGROUP How could this happen? How could a PC with different workgroup name be able to connect to the network? I thought all PCs must have the same workgroup name in order to connect and share files, printers, etc.? Or, this is a new feature in Win7 that it doesn't have to follow this rule?	bk T (215)
810551	2009-09-15 10:06:00	The Workgroup name has never had to be the same for computers on a network to be able to see each other. It just makes it easier to manage if they are all the same. Eg: When I worked at the local hospital a few years ago they had different workgroup names for the different areas/departments/floors in the hospital. So there were workgroups called Medical, Surgical, 4thFloor etc. If you browsed the network you would only see the computers in your workgroup unless you knew how to browse the domain, then you would see all the workgroups and from there you could see the computers in each. Or if you knew the name of the computer in another workgroup you could just search for it and then access it from there.	CYaBro (73)
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