I used Windows XP as my earlier OS. I did network my PC and laptop easily in XP. Now I'm using Windows 7. When I try to network, it asked me a password. I didn't give any passwords.
Please give me a solution.
It is quite easy to create a network in window 7. You can create a home group easily. Just follow the given steps:
1. After installing windows it will prompt you make a network. Click on home group and it will take some time to configure your system.
2. Now select the files you want to share.
3. A new window will appear and will give you a password. You have to use this password to connect the other devices to the network.
And it’s all done here. Just three steps and you are done. But remember that on the entire PC in the network there should be a password protection. Means each user should have a password on his account. Without password Windows 7 will not make a network connection.
Hello,
The password protect option is automatically turned on in Windows, if you want to network the turn it off for network and sharing center which is accessible from here.
Next click on advanced sharing settings.
What you will do is turn off password protect and turn on network discovery.
YOU WILL DO THIS FOR HOMEWORK PROFILE.
THEN YOU WILL SET ALL COMPUTERS CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK TO HOME.
In the end all the PC's should have this status.
Hope this helps.
Hi Obinza,
I will give you the steps to network your computer. Just follow these. I'll Teach you how to configure your Windows 7 networking.
1- Open your 'My Computer'. Right click on the Local disk C: and click the properties.
2- Open the 'Security' on the properties of your local disk and left click 'Edit'
3- Left click 'Add'
4- Left click 'Advance'
5- Left click 'Find now'
6- Press hold 'Shift' and press 'Down Arrow' until you highlight all the 'Name Found' and left click 'OK'
7- Inside the 'security permission' left click every group or users found check the 'Allow' on 'Full Control'
8- After that, Re-open the properties of your drive and left click sharing. Same as usual, follow the steps from 1 to 7.
9- Open the 'Network Sharing Center' and left click the change advance sharing system turn on the 'network discovery and file and printer sharing', disable the 'password protected sharing'.
10- Allow everything on your firewall.
Good Luck.
