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Windows 7: Need help connecting two w7 machines
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25 Dec 2009
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Need help connecting two w7 machines
One Desktop PC & One Wireless Laptop PC both running Windows 7 Home Premium. Would like to just connect these PCs together. Desktop is wirred to a DSL router. Both PCs are able to connect to the Internet but can't seem to find eachother.
I know this should be simple..but I can't seem to get this to work. I just want to share the files and the printer on my desktop with my laptop. My laptop can't seem to see my Desktop in Network settings...
Would really appreciate anyone's help here...thanks!!
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Home build (with help from a work I.T. guy)
OS W7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Quad Core
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel
Memory G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 PC3 10666
Graphics Card EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Ex
Sound Card Realtek ALC889A 8 Channels
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescren LCD 300 cd/m2 2500:1
Keyboard rocketfish
Mouse rocketfish
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready
Case LIAN LI PC-A70B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooling i7 Factory Cooling Fan
Hard Drives Internal:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
External:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) w/icy doc case
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25 Dec 2009
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#2 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Did you turn on Discovery in Network & Sharing Center ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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25 Dec 2009
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Yes..."Turn on network discovery" is on for both computers... On my desktop PC..I can see my other laptop PC but can't right click on it...it is greyed out... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home build (with help from a work I.T. guy)
OS W7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Quad Core
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel
Memory G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 PC3 10666
Graphics Card EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Ex
Sound Card Realtek ALC889A 8 Channels
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescren LCD 300 cd/m2 2500:1
Keyboard rocketfish
Mouse rocketfish
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready
Case LIAN LI PC-A70B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooling i7 Factory Cooling Fan
Hard Drives Internal:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
External:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) w/icy doc case
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25 Dec 2009
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#5 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Are the on the same workgroup ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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25 Dec 2009
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#6 | |
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OK..I noticed on my desktop PC that my Network name reads:
Network
Internet Access
My laptop reads
meadoa
Internet Access
How can I be on two different networks? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home build (with help from a work I.T. guy)
OS W7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Quad Core
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel
Memory G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 PC3 10666
Graphics Card EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Ex
Sound Card Realtek ALC889A 8 Channels
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescren LCD 300 cd/m2 2500:1
Keyboard rocketfish
Mouse rocketfish
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready
Case LIAN LI PC-A70B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooling i7 Factory Cooling Fan
Hard Drives Internal:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
External:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) w/icy doc case
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25 Dec 2009
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#7 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Start >> type workgroup in the search box
choose Change workgroup name
Make both the same | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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25 Dec 2009
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#8 | |
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Both Workgroups have alwasy been the same | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home build (with help from a work I.T. guy)
OS W7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Quad Core
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel
Memory G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 PC3 10666
Graphics Card EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Ex
Sound Card Realtek ALC889A 8 Channels
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescren LCD 300 cd/m2 2500:1
Keyboard rocketfish
Mouse rocketfish
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready
Case LIAN LI PC-A70B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooling i7 Factory Cooling Fan
Hard Drives Internal:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
External:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) w/icy doc case
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25 Dec 2009
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#9 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Can you do some screen snips ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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25 Dec 2009
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#10 | |
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Sure..thanks for your help!! one sec | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home build (with help from a work I.T. guy)
OS W7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Quad Core
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel
Memory G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 PC3 10666
Graphics Card EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Ex
Sound Card Realtek ALC889A 8 Channels
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescren LCD 300 cd/m2 2500:1
Keyboard rocketfish
Mouse rocketfish
PSU CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready
Case LIAN LI PC-A70B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooling i7 Factory Cooling Fan
Hard Drives Internal:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
External:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) w/icy doc case
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