home network

[Stewart]

My computer crashed some time ago and since then I have been unable to link
my desktop and laptop computers with my network; they did connect
beforehand.
I cannot set up a home group despite both using windows 7 as ipv6 (I think)
is not available, can only use ipv4 (might be wrong words but 6 is not an
option).
My problem is that the desktop and laptop recognise each other on the
network but I cannot find a password that will enable them to share files
etc,.
When I open the Network and Security Centre I am asked to enter the password
to make the connection. I have tried the password for the router but that
does not work, I have also tried the password that was previously used for
the workgroup but that does not work either.
Does anyone know where I can find the "network password" that will allow the
network to function?
Thank you

 

[Leala]

My computer crashed some time ago and since then I have been unable to
link my desktop and laptop computers with my network; they did connect
beforehand.
I cannot set up a home group despite both using windows 7 as ipv6 (I
think) is not available, can only use ipv4 (might be wrong words but 6
is not an option).
My problem is that the desktop and laptop recognise each other on the
network but I cannot find a password that will enable them to share
files etc,.
When I open the Network and Security Centre I am asked to enter the
password to make the connection. I have tried the password for the
router but that does not work, I have also tried the password that was
previously used for the workgroup but that does not work either.
Does anyone know where I can find the "network password" that will allow
the network to function?
Thank you

Do a Google search for "network password" you'll be amazed at what you
can find.

 

[Stewart]

Thank you for the advice.
I have now tried changing the "Advanced sharing setting" to include "turn on
network discovery" but despite selecting and saving the next time I check it
has reverted to "turn off".
That may be my problem.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

My computer crashed some time ago and since then I have been unable to link
my desktop and laptop computers with my network; they did connect
beforehand.
I cannot set up a home group despite both using windows 7 as ipv6 (I think)
is not available, can only use ipv4 (might be wrong words but 6 is not an
option).
My problem is that the desktop and laptop recognise each other on the
network but I cannot find a password that will enable them to share files
etc,.
When I open the Network and Security Centre I am asked to enter the password
to make the connection. I have tried the password for the router but that
does not work, I have also tried the password that was previously used for
the workgroup but that does not work either.
Does anyone know where I can find the "network password" that will allow the
network to function?
Thank you

One trick is to have an account with the same name and password on each
computer. So there is an account X with password 1234 on computer 1, and
there is an account X with password 1234 on computer 2. And so on.

I do that with some success. BTW, I made those accounts Standard User,
not Administrator, accounts. And also, they are in addition to the real
accounts. They are never used, except in some mysterious way by the
networking applications.

 

[Ken1943]

Google > reset homegroup password <. There is plenty of information.


KenW

 

[Paul]

Thank you for the advice.
I have now tried changing the "Advanced sharing setting" to include
"turn on network discovery" but despite selecting and saving the next
time I check it has reverted to "turn off".
That may be my problem.

Network discovery or SSDP, helps add a few icons indicating other
devices on your LAN. In the overall scheme of things, it doesn't
really help make things work.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/networki...covery-network-resources.aspx?Redirected=true

Based on your description, "Ken1943" has a suggestion. The HomeGroup password.
Since you've tried all the other passwords, there was bound to be one more

http://cdn3.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/news/3211138/Homegroups password 360.jpg

Paul

 

[Ken1943]

Thank you for the advice.
I have now tried changing the "Advanced sharing setting" to include
"turn on network discovery" but despite selecting and saving the next
time I check it has reverted to "turn off".
That may be my problem.

Network discovery or SSDP, helps add a few icons indicating other
devices on your LAN. In the overall scheme of things, it doesn't
really help make things work.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/networki...covery-network-resources.aspx?Redirected=true

Based on your description, "Ken1943" has a suggestion. The HomeGroup password.
Since you've tried all the other passwords, there was bound to be one more

http://cdn3.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/news/3211138/Homegroups password 360.jpg

Paul
When I did that search, I think I saw a result for resetting home groups.
As I used a work group from day one, I really don't know Home Groups
well.


KenW

 

[Stewart]

Thanks all; I am not making much progress so have decided to leave it until
my son (he is an expert) comes when he can sort it out for me.
Meantime I can now access "all user" accounts from one computer to the
other so to use the printer I can copy and paste into "all user" on the
laptop and print from there via the desktop.
Likewise i can transfer files into "all user" and then paste but of course
that is tedious and no quicker than copying to my external hard drive and
pasting from there.