Windows 7 homegroup not adding win xp pc
I have network wit h3 PC
Laptop ( win 7)
desktop ( win 7)
desktop ( win xp)
laptop can access both computers but PC with win 7 cant access any PC.
PC with Xp can access laptop but it cant access pc with win 7. However it shows that PC( win 7) in "View computers in Workgroup", but upon clicking it, it shows error "\\blah is not accessible. You might not have permission
to use this n/w resource. Contact the administrator of this..... The n/w path was not found"
What can be an error? I have turned on " n/w discovery on"...
This n/w was doing work perfectly but i dont know why it become pain of veins and doing problems...
April 27th, 2012 1:07pm
Hi,
According to your description, the Windows desktop Windows 7 machine has trouble to access other PC on homegroup.
I suggest to perform these tests to troubleshoot the issue:
1 On Windows 7 desktop, use
\\IPaddress to access both Win 7 laptop and Win XP desktop to check if it can access those PC
2 Temporary disable firewall and antivirus program on Windows 7 desktop
3. Reset WinSock on Windows 7 desktop
4 Enable NetBIOS on TCP/IP
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Leo
HuangLeo Huang
TechNet Community Support
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April 30th, 2012 1:49am
Hi Bro and very thanks for the help. i disabled my "AVG free antivirus 2012" (which is installed in my all 3 pc's) and it did some work. Bro i wrote win 7 machine in run"\\myXPmachine name" and i could access the xp machine. but win 7 machine
not showing xp machine in workgroup. and win machine now can access and see laptop too. Now problem is arising in xp machine which cant access desktop win 7.
May 1st, 2012 7:06am
Hi,
When Windows 7 cannot see
other Windows PC on network, it should related
to Computer Browser service
For more information regarding browser service, please refer to:
Troubleshooting
the Microsoft Computer Browser Service
I suggest to disable IPv6 for test:
How
to disable IP version 6 (IPv6) or its specific components in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008 R2, and in Windows Server 2008
Furthermore,
try to reset WinSock for test:
1. Open the command prompt
2. Type in netsh winsock reset (without the quotes)
3. After resetting winsock, Restart your computer.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Leo
HuangLeo Huang
TechNet Community Support
Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and download it now
May 4th, 2012 4:19am