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I don't understand this. I've come back after being out. Crept up on the laptop and thought I'd just have a look before tackling the security tab. Now I haven't actually done anything since the last post but for some reason it's all working fine. This homegroup lark is a mystery to me! Thanks...

I have checked the share settings on the desk top as that was the machine which had the problem. I'm looking to share the documents library so I made sure that that was shareable (read/write) with the homegroup. I can now see the desktop on the homegroup tab on the laptop but it says this PC is...

Thanks for responding, I'll do that and report back.

Hi, I have an irritating problem with my homegroup. I set up a homegroup on my Windows 7 desktop and joined the homegroup on a Windows 8 laptop. All was working fine until recently. The desktop doesn't seem to have a problem it can see the laptop both in network and it shows as available in...

Thanks guys for your help. All sorted now Btw The beer festival was good. Llewitha

Hi thanks for responding, This is the site I went to to do the download Upgrading Windows with only a product key - Windows Help. Yes I used a key finder and as I said I did think that it was the Media centre key. The only other key I have is the original 8.0 Pro key. I will try your suggestion...

Hi, my laptop has recently been causing me problems so I thought that I would reset or refresh the installation. Unfortunately I reached the point where I am totally confused. I'm really regretting upgrading from Windows 7 but maybe someone can help me out. I purchased my laptop some 3 years...