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Windows workgroup problem
I have a Windows workgroup (3 Win 7s and one Win 8) that has operated for several years with minimal problems. But two days ago my workhorse Win 7 PC was suddenly unrecognised by the other three PCs. It also ceased to be listed by my four PVRs. The frustrating thing is that the 'missing' PC can still see the other PCs, which means that the workgroup is still partially intact.
I saw this sort of thing in the early stages of the workgroup but things quickly settled down.
The frustration is that the 'tools' supplied by Microsoft to investigate networking problems are no help at all. One would think that the programmers would have included a proper tool to refresh workgroups.
I can work around the situation when working with my PCs but the situation with my PVRs is that I can no longer use my main PC as the source of AV files and have to use another PC instead.
All would be right again if there was full recognition among my PCs and my main PC was listed on my PVRs.
I know that I fixed this sort of thing in the past, but nothing I have tried as yet has been effective.
I am hoping that someone can help me get back on track.