Homegroup password

[zibizibi]

Hi everyone,

I have a Win7 desktop and a Win7 laptop, I want to share files from the desktop with the laptop. I created a homegroup on the desktop with a password generated by Win7, but when I try to join this homegroup on my laptop the password is not recognized. Therefore on my desktop I desactivated the password protection of this homegroup, yet I am still asked to supply a password when I try to join the homegroup.

Any suggestion ?

 

[Saga Lout]

Hi everyone,

I have a Win7 desktop and a Win7 laptop, I want to share files from the desktop with the laptop. I created a homegroup on the desktop with a password generated by Win7, but when I try to join this homegroup on my laptop the password is not recognized. Therefore on my desktop I desactivated the password protection of this homegroup, yet I am still asked to supply a password when I try to join the homegroup.

Any suggestion ?

You could always ignore the Homegroup and revert to the old fashioned networking tools. Disable the need for password input on both machines and allow a little time for them to connect to each other before thinking you set it up wrong and start changing settings.[/#000ff]

 

[r-sky]

Homegroup uses your login id and password from what I remember about setting mine up...

 

[zibizibi]

saga : I did both, to no avail.
r-sky : It asks for the password that the owner of the homegroup set (or rather that Win7 set for him)

On both machines the password protection is off, yet I am still asked to provide the homegroup password to join it, and if I provide the same password generated during the homegroup creation, it's not recognized ... GRRR

 

[Saga Lout]

saga : I did both, to no avail.
r-sky : It asks for the password that the owner of the homegroup set (or rather that Win7 set for him)

On both machines the password protection is off, yet I am still asked to provide the homegroup password to join it, and if I provide the same password generated during the homegroup creation, it's not recognized ... GRRR

This isn't going to sound tremendously helpful but it sounds like the wrong password is being input. I can't remember where W7 stores it but you can retrieve it or pehaps renew it and note the new one. The password requirement removal I suggested refers to a different level of protection - the User Account password not the W7 Homegroup one. I assume you're aware that there is a different Homegroup password in each machine.[/#000ff]

 

[kaa0653]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Where-can-I-find-my-homegroup-password

 

[zibizibi]

saga : on my desktop I changed the homegroup password automatically generated by Win7 to something very simple, then I tried this simple password on my laptop to join the desktop homegroup, but same result.

None of the two computers has an account password or Windows password.

I assume you're aware that there is a different Homegroup password in each machine.

I don't understand what you mean by that. I can't even create a homegroup on my laptop, I can just join the desktop homegroup.

 

[kaa0653]

The homegroup password is unrelated to any accounts on your system. If you click the link I posted above it will walk you through viewing your current homegroup password.

 

[zibizibi]

kaa thanks as I said I already changed my password and I know it very well.

 

[Saga Lout]

kaa thanks as I said I already changed my password and I know it very well.

But if I understand you correctly, one machine doesn't have a Homegroup password, which tells me networking wasn't set up on there when W7 was installed and running its setup processes - perhaps because no cable was present at the time. I think you need to concentrate on that machine and try to kickstart the networking wizard.[/#000ff]

 

[zibizibi]

Well networking works on this laptop because I get internet through the local network ..

I don't understand anything about this file sharing thing in Win7. Why is it so complicated now ??

 

[zibizibi]

Found this page : http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7network/thread/e0b9ee19-7ff9-46a4-b72a-2e630766dd9b

Tried to synchro the dates and the incorrect password is now gone (no comment... what's the link between date synchro and homegroup ??)

Now after entering the password my laptop says : "Windows cannot create a homegroup on this computer".. Now why does it say that when I want to JOIN and not to CREATE?

 

[kaa0653]

kaa thanks as I said I already changed my password and I know it very well.

Sorry about that I misread your post.

Sychronized clocks can be very important for authentication. Typically there is some timeout period associated with authentication (based on the timestamp on the request), if the clocks are too far off it can prevent you from authenticating. It appears that for homegroups this happens if over 24 hour difference, but I have worked on other systems that would fail if off by as little as 3-5 minutes. I found this article by Microsoft about this. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2002121

Is there any further information with this error?

This appears to be the same issue you are having. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/a85eaa65-d73a-4324-ad0c-e9a2c1469bd7

Near the bottom this is stated:

I managed to sort this, I deleted everything in the folder C:\windows\serviceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\PeerNetworking\, removed my main PC from the homegroup and the started again settting the homegroup up.

You may want to back this up instead of just deleting though.

 

[zibizibi]

Thanks kaa. Just spent 30 minutes doing what this thread indicates, but it doesn't work in my case. I deleted everything in the peernetworking folder on both computers, then left the homegroup and created again. Same problem

 

[Saga Lout]

Well networking works on this laptop because I get internet through the local network ..

I don't understand anything about this file sharing thing in Win7. Why is it so complicated now ??

Are any drives or folders actually set to be shared?[/#000ff]

 

[zibizibi]

saga : nope, but I don't think this could be the issue here.

 

[guardianangel42]

I suggest leaving the homegroup you have created and starting over. Ensure that all capitals are accurate, and all numbers are accurate. The password is case sensitive, do whatever you have to do to make sure you can tell the difference between a 1 and a lowercase L. Same goes for 2's and capital Z's.

 

[guardianangel42]

Found this page : http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7network/thread/e0b9ee19-7ff9-46a4-b72a-2e630766dd9b

Tried to synchro the dates and the incorrect password is now gone (no comment... what's the link between date synchro and homegroup ??)

Now after entering the password my laptop says : "Windows cannot create a homegroup on this computer".. Now why does it say that when I want to JOIN and not to CREATE?

The importance of date and time syncho is protection against hackers. On the off chance you live in a different time zone than a hacker who has gained access to your network, they can't access your homegroup.

 

[zibizibi]

guardianangel42 : leaving the homegroup and starting over is something I tried many times !

 

[Saga Lout]

saga : nope, but I don't think this could be the issue here.

It must make testing a bit difficult - humour me and try it just this once. Also, stick to the conventional networking method and forget the dreaded Homegroup method. [/#000ff]