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bigbear · 07-Feb-2009, 08:21 AM #1

Hi
Is it possible to set-up a network between windows 7 and XP?
Windows 7 uses a homegroup which only only works between multiple windows 7 OS.
The weird thing is I can see the shared win 7 files on the xp machine but not the other way around.

DaveA · 07-Feb-2009, 11:48 AM #2

Yes, I have added my Windows 7 test machine to my Workgroup and it works like it is designed to.

fairnooks · 07-Feb-2009, 11:53 AM #3

Ditto, I haven't messed around with Homegroup; just workgroup it and go. Any other problems that crop up are probably related to the shares and/or security.

bigbear · 07-Feb-2009, 12:13 PM #4

Ok it must be something I am missing then as I cannot access the xp machine even though it is set up for sharing

DaveA · 08-Feb-2009, 12:58 PM #5

Then it just may be the firewall that is on the XP machine and is blocking the other's IP address.

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