The first thing you want to do is to pick a name for the media library, as Windows 10 by default uses your account's email address. Guest Author: Colin Howard 14 Dec 2015 I agree with I. I have full access to both the laptop and desktop and I have not set any Windows usernames or passwords. A window will pop up asking if you want to restart your computer now or later. All 64 bit Shortly, there are two computers with the same username and same computer name such as. ?. Windows takes several seconds to connect your computer to the Homegroup.
This will open the System Properties window. To see, other computers on your network you need a common workgroup name a unique computer name hostname , ipaddress, and mac address for each computer on the segment. After creating a new group it showed me password and I was able to enter it in the other computer. But when clicking on the folders, nothing happens. Here's the easy way to change your computer's name: 1. I've tried changing the computer name, but that does nothing.
The only rule here is that your computers must have unique names in the network they are part of. If you are creating a new Homegroup, you will be prompted to create a new password. At any time, if you want to rejoin a computer, you can easily do this by using the join a computer to a HomeGroup instructions. You can prevent specific files or folders from being shared, and you can share additional libraries later. Coming up Next … In the next lesson we will share how to use the Sharing Wizard to share everything you want with others on the network. However 1 can not read 2 or visa versa. You can join an existing workgroup or domain on a network or create a new workgroup.
I am having trouble connecting my desktop to my laptops as a Homegroup as well after upgrading my entire household to Windows 10. It shows my previous network links and the only options are for changes in sharing. This will not restart your computer. In contrast, in Windows 10 you can create or join a homegroup, which automatically turns on file and printer sharing on home networks. Otherwise, you won't be able to join any computers to HomeGroup.
See Microsoft support article 2521416 for details. Enter new password and your good to go. A new window is displayed informing you that if you leave the homegroup, you cannot access or share its files and printers. I would suggest you to follow the below steps and check with the results. Bill, I deleted rmdir the parent directory called PeerNetworking. Renaming a network connection you should type, ncpa. Once you got the password, type the password in another computer and you will see a listed users that are currently in your HomeGroup.
If you sign-in with the same user account on another computer, you will have access to all files regardless of what you chose to share. Tried 50 different configurations of sharing options even with an ethernet cable and just can't share anything. Right-click on the Start button and click Control Panel. And this article shows you how to make it by. . How to Join a Homegroup in Windows 8.
Follow or read Guest Author: Brian 07 Aug 2015 I just upgraded from Win 7to Win 10 on two of my four homegroup computers. So then why does the network still asks for a password to access the shared folder? How to Change the Workgroup and Computer Name In order for your Homegroup to work well and be able to join and detect other Homegroup computers and devices, you should have the same workgroup set on all the computers in your network. If a homegroup already exists, you can join it. Computer names should not just be numbers. You will learn more about them in the next sections of this lesson. Write down or click the link to print the password.
A window will pop up telling you that you must restart your computer before the changes can be applied. I was trying to link Win 10 and 8. Here you can change both the computer name and the workgroup by typing new values in the appropriate fields. I wanted to get it going again that way my daughter could watch her mickey on it, so I did some reading and got a windows 7 disc and. I have run the troubleshooter, got as much info as sticking my head up my ass and spinning around.