CsrLiz344 Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 I've got both pc's plugged into router, and the new one says it can find the network, but when I try to connect, it fails. I really don't want to do this using a flash drive, it would take days. Any ideas? I am totally new to 7, so I might be missing something. TIA! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from Windows XP (32 bit) to Windows 7Windows 7 File Sharing with Windows XPShare Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhema7 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 I've got both pc's plugged into router, and the new one says it can find the network, but when I try to connect, it fails. I really don't want to do this using a flash drive, it would take days. Any ideas? I am totally new to 7, so I might be missing something. TIA!On your Windows 7 computer, click the Start button at the bottom left of the screen, then go to the Control Panel and choose Network and Sharing Center. Click the link under "view your active networks" (if you've set up a Homegroup,the link should say "home network"). In the next window choose "Work network" that will switch you from a homegroup to a workgroup so your two computers can talk to each other. Before you can network the computers, you must assign the same workgroup name to both of them and SHARE folders in Explorer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CsrLiz344 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I've got both pc's plugged into router, and the new one says it can find the network, but when I try to connect, it fails. I really don't want to do this using a flash drive, it would take days. Any ideas? I am totally new to 7, so I might be missing something. TIA!On your Windows 7 computer, click the Start button at the bottom left of the screen, then go to the Control Panel and choose Network and Sharing Center. Click the link under "view your active networks" (if you've set up a Homegroup,the link should say "home network"). In the next window choose "Work network" that will switch you from a homegroup to a workgroup so your two computers can talk to each other. Before you can network the computers, you must assign the same workgroup name to both of them and SHARE folders in Explorer.Thank you Rhema, I will try that. I kinda got frustrated and disconnected the old pc, so I have to hook it back up. Will do that tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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