From: Lem on
litaben wrote:
> i have desktop that networks my computer running XP with another xp notebook.
> Trying to network another netbook running windows 7 startup. To file share
> windows 7 asks to select a homegroup. However, windows 7 indicates that my xp
> computers have no "Homegroup." What am I missing on my XP desktop?

"Homegroup" is *only* for networks where *all* of the computers are
Windows 7. See
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Networking-home-computers-running-different-versions-of-Windows

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Lem

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