Joining a homegroup


  1. as1
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    Joining a homegroup


    Hi folks,
    im searching for something ic ant find i searched the entire CP of windows 7 but i cant find anywhere HOW to JOIN my excisting homegroup Its just a homegroup called MSHOME
    with 2 other PC's on it running windows XP pro SP2 and windows XP Home SP1

    So how can i join that group??

    Thx
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  3. Digger
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    XP/win7 x86 build 7127
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    workgroup and homegroup are two different things.... you dont name your homegroup... all you do or have to do is to enter the same password when joining a homegroup, on all desired pc's. Tho they all have to be on same workgroup, i'm guessing thats MSHOME. j

    The Homegroup will only work with existing 7 pcs that i know of, not sure bout 08 server or the upcoming 7 server ( would imagine so). Tho sharing files thru workgroup with the hybrid pc network is still possible without the use of a Homegroup.
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  4. as1
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    well then i used network wizard in XP to join the homegroup is there such thing in wndows 7?
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