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So you have 3 pc's - one running vista, and the other 2 running W7- well thats your problem - a W7 PC's will only connect with W7 pc's using Homegroup - you could try this - disable the homegroup in both the W7 pc's then go into advanced setting in Network and Sharing Centre, and enable the following :
Turn on network discovery
Turn on File and Printer Sharing - up to you - it also needs to be enabled in Devices and printers - right click printer and select printer properties -sharing-check share this printer
Public Folder sharing up to you on or off
Media streaming off
File Sharing connections - turn on 128 bit
Turn on Password protected sharing
Homegroup Connections - Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers
See if that works, if it doesnt, can you install W7 on the vista computer? Because then it will work 100% using Homegroup on all 3 pc's .
Also do the same with vista and just use the same options in Network and Sharing.
Last edited by whest; 18 Aug 2009 at 18:49. Reason: more info
First thing they do is blame the OS and it's Manufacturer right?
"I don't know how to change my network settings! MS you suck! Win 7 you suck! I want back xp! /cry"
boo hoo
Such an i'll informed question does not deserve and informed answer. The networking in Win7 works perfectly as is, in fact it's one of the best things about it. The problem sits behind the keyboard in this case.
And by the way, you do not need to use homegroups to share files in Win7. The public sharing folders work perfectly fine. Homegroups is for sharing entire libraries ane requires you to share libraries for it to work properly.