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You were right Chev65 - my router needed to be updated. I flashed with dd-wrt and I was able to join the homegroup. It was easy. Thanks and Happy Holidays
OK...still some kinks to iron out. I created the group with my laptop, joined successfully with my desktop. From my desktop I can see my laptop in the Homegroup. But from my laptop I cannot see my desktop.
Check the settings out on the desktop, make sure you have it set up like this. If just one of those isn't set correctly you won't be able to see the desktop. It might work better if you " turn off password protected sharing" . Rebooting each machine might help also.
Also make sure that both computers are using different machine names or one of them won't show up on the network " I personally tested this out". You can use the same user name but not the same machine name.
I have those settings exact on both machines but still no luck. I can see both on the network though
Using any antivirus software or using a third party firewall?
You could try creating the homegroup again from the desktop or use the Workgroup network and see if that works. Perhaps even a router reboot is in order.
Last edited by chev65; 10 Dec 2009 at 19:46.
Im using Avast Home edition. I dont think its an issue. No 3rd party firewall. I just tried creating the homegroup form my desktop instead. When I try to join with the laptop it doesnt recognize that there is alread a homegroup created. I have no option to join, just to create a new one.