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Homegroup sharing problem - McAfee Personal Firewall??!
Hi
I have a laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate that I want to give access to files on my Win 7 (home premium) desktop. So far I've not been able to even though I've jumped through the IPv6 hoops and got them both joined to the homegroup.
On my laptop, when I click on the Desktop icon in the window I'm told that "The network path was not found". After looking around for help, I tried the troubleshooter. Eventually this told me that I should "Allow Homegroup to communicate through McAfee Personal Firewall". Thing is, I don't have McAfee installed at all - can't even find any trace of it in the registry, services or msconfig.
My laptop was upgraded from Vista Ultimate and I'm wondering if originally Vista came with a McAfee trial or something. Either way, I've never used McAfee and if it was an option, I would have uninstalled it. Previously I only used ZoneAlarm (free) but now I'm using Windows Firewall.
So I guess my question is why is the troubleshooter telling me I have McAfee installed when I don't, and is this a likely candidate for the sharing/homegroup problems I'm having?
Thanks