Windows 7 Homegroup

I am running windows 7 on my notebook and desktop, I set up homegroup on my desktop and I have been trying to connect to my desktop via my notebook and I can't. The password is right on both computer, the time and date is the same, the workgroup is the same my firewalls aren't preventing it because I have even tried to do it without my internet security running. When I try and access my desktop through the network section I can't even do that because it is asking for a user name and a password and I never set up anything like on the desktop, I don't even know what they are. Does anyone have any suggestions I can try?

 

If it asks for a username and password, its your account's username and password.

I means you have password protected sharing on - go to the "Network Centre" or how its called, you can disable it there for that network.
(safer wih by the way)

 

I don't have my desktop password protected. My notebook is though.

 

You can connect to specific folders. Click Properties-Sharing.

 

Have you tried inputting your username (you still have one) and leving the password field blank?
Or its the assigned password that you get in Win7 - forgot where it is, somewhere where you can set the homegroup setings.

Or go to the network shaing and switch "password protected sharing" off.

 

Okay so that worked I can access my shared folders which is great via network, I just can't connect via homegroup, it says "windows cannot setup a homegroup on this computer" (my notebook).

 

Hmm....
With Connect you mean? Connect to the homegrop? If so - I think this may be where my knowledge ends

 

maybe this will help
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/13/windows-7-homegroup-overview