Windows 7 homegroup sharing problems

Sign in to vote. Saturday, December 8, AM. Monday, December 10, AM. Are you able to ping them from each other? Go to the both computers and check these: 1. It has made several other old files show up, the troubleshooter keeps saying nothing is wrong. If it matters, I'm running Windows 10 Pro build Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

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You may be facing the above issue due to some of the system components conflicting with the network connection on the PC. Method 1: Running the troubleshooter will help in detecting and identifying the issue and in certain cases will fix to enhance the performance of the system.

I suggest you to run the HomeGroup troubleshooter by following the steps below and check if you are able to connect to the network. Method 2: If the issue persists even after running the troubleshooter, change the HomeGroup settings by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved. Note: Steps given in the above articles for Windows 8. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I'm getting the felling that it's a network problem.

I can't ping either machine from the other and why do Microsoft hide the console down so many levels - it was a pain to find it and Cortana didn't help. Note that sometimes the registry setting does not get updated even though you enable IPv6 via the GUI interface. So you can check the setting in the registry by going to the following key:. In the right pane, right-click on DisabledComponents and select Modify.

Make sure the value is set to 0. Though this might sound obvious, you need to make sure the computer is connected to the same network the HomeGroup is on. Only computers on the same subnet will be able to connect to the HomeGroup, so if you have a wireless router, it would only be the computers connected to that router. The first 3 parts of the IP Address should be the same, i.

Make sure that the HomeGroup password has not changed. You can check the HomeGroup password on another computer and then use that one to join the HomeGroup. Then click on View or print the HomeGroup password. If you need to, change the HomeGroup password on the computer you are trying to connect to the HomeGroup. Make sure any third-party firewalls are disabled like Comodo, etc. Sometimes anti-virus programs also come bundled with firewall software like Norton, McAfee Security and Kaspersky.

These program can block the connections and prevent you from connecting to a HomeGroup.