Win7 does not see others on network

My newly installed Windows 7 (64bit) does not see my 2 other Vista (32bit) computers on my home network.
Any suggestions?

I was lazy. All I did was leave the Homegroup on Win 7. Should have thought about it before.

Sari said:

I was lazy. All I did was leave the Homegroup on Win 7. Should have thought about it before.

Congrats Sari,

Nice that you report the solution here, now some others can benefit from it.

Have a nice day!

zx81

DocBrown said:

Homegroup only works well with other win7 computers! A business workgroup works with Vista, XP, 2000, & even some win 98-SE computers

Hello DocBrown,

I have a Windows 7 system and a Windows XP system, they both use the local network. They both use the same Workgroup name. When I browse the network, both systems are visible. When I like to print from XP to Windows 7 system, it works perfect.

What do you mean with Homegroups only works well with other win7 computers?

I hope you can tell me more about this subject.

Best regards,

zx81

kegobeer said:

Homegroup is a Windows 7 construct, and only works with Windows 7 computers.

Thank you for helping me, I did not realize Workgroup vs Homegroup, I will read about it to understand the difference.

Have a nice day, and enjoy your beer ;-)

Best regards,

zx81

kegobeer said:

zx81 said:

kegobeer said:

Homegroup is a Windows 7 construct, and only works with Windows 7 computers.

Thank you for helping me, I did not realize Workgroup vs Homegroup, I will read about it to understand the difference.

Have a nice day, and enjoy your beer ;-)

Best regards,

zx81

Thanks. I miss the fresh Heineken at the brewery (I lived in Oss, ie: farm country, for three years.) Any chance you could send me some?

Oss is a nice place, we have some friends there.
So you like Heineken, did you ever tried Grolsch?

Have a nice day!

zx81