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| Thread ID: 102489 | 2009-08-20 22:25:00 | Windows 7 RC7100 Homegroup Issue | supersi (8401) | Press F1 |
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| 802978 | 2009-08-20 22:25:00 | I have two PC's running Windows 7 RC7100. I go and create a homegroup on one but when I try to get the other one to join there is no tab to click on saying 'join a homegroup'. The only tab option is 'create a homegroup'. I notice if I expand the Network tab in explorer on the PC creating the homegroup that my other machine shows up. If I do the same for the machine that is meant to join but can't the host PC doesn't show. I used the homegroup troubleshooter and it said I didn't have present any of the possible problems...firewall, IPV6 disabled etc..... |
supersi (8401) | ||
| 802979 | 2009-08-20 23:00:00 | Perhaps you just need to create a new homegroup on both PCs, but make sure they both have the same name. | sammo450 (13626) | ||
| 802980 | 2009-08-20 23:07:00 | First make sure you have created a Home Group - you can only create one in Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate. once you have it will give you a password - print it out. On the other PC - which HAS to be a Windows 7 as well, XP and Vista WONT see home groups. Open the control panel - make sure you are in Category View - select Network and Internet , click Choose homegroup and sharing options. If the JOIN button is not there - click on the "Leave homegroup" link instead. Then the Join Button will appear - follow instructions through. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 802981 | 2009-08-21 00:38:00 | XP can see Win 7 PCs on a network. | sammo450 (13626) | ||
| 802982 | 2009-08-21 01:01:00 | XP can see Win 7 PCs on a network. Yes XP & Vista can See W7 on a network, BUT they will NOT connect to a HOMEGROUP - two different items. This article tells you how (www.neowin.net) and read the last line before the video at the bottom Remember that HomeGroup works only with Windows 7 machines and it does not support Vista or XP. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 802983 | 2009-08-21 01:35:00 | XP can see Win 7 PCs on a network. True, but it does not use the Homegroupuser$ group that all the other homegroups do to get the same level of authentication and automated sharing. In Win7 there's now two levels of permissions for filesharing: 1) Through Username / Password authentication 2) Through Homegroup authentication (Pre-authenticated as a homegroup user) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 802984 | 2009-08-21 01:55:00 | Add to Chills list - 3) No Username / Password authentication - in others word - straight in no prompting for passwords (Same as you can do in Vista) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 802985 | 2009-08-21 02:37:00 | Ah, I kinda just figured that fell under 1) :p Good point! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 802986 | 2009-08-24 09:41:00 | Have you got the network type set to Home on each machine? Try tearing down the Homegroup and start again by creating on one and ask the other to join Personally i found Homegroup in RC very stable |
nmercer (3899) | ||
| 802987 | 2009-08-24 10:13:00 | My network is set to Home - one thing I also found, usually it refused the password auto generated, so I made my own and it worked fine after that. Can the PC's see one another Via normal Network ? Just check - in the control Panel, under Large icon View - network and sharing -Change advanced sharing ( top left of window) make sure the very bottom option of "allow windows to manage Home group--- is selected.Sharing Options (www.imagef1.net.nz) + the one above - Network discovery = on |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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