Help with windows homegroup please?

pacorocksyour

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In order for the HomeGroup networking feature to be working, there are certain Windows services that need to be enabled and running. If you used a program to disable services or manually disabled them, it may be causing the problem.

The services that need to be turned on are listed below:

� DNS Client
� Function Discovery Provider Host
� Function Discovery Resource Publication
� Peer Networking Grouping
� HomeGroup Provider
� HomeGroup Listener
� SSDP Discovery
� UPnP Device Host

You can turn on the services by clicking on Start and typing in �services� and then clicking on Services.
In the Services dialog, double-click on the service and make sure the Startup type is set to Automatic and click Start to turn on the service.

Router Supports IPv6

This is pretty much not an issue anymore, but just for the sake of covering all bases, you need to make sure that your router can support IPv6 protocol. If not, Windows 7 cannot communicate with the other computers using HomeGroup. Any relatively new router will support it, so unless you have a really old router, you should be ok.

Run Network troubleshooter
This is to ensure if the connection failure is due to low network signal or no signal.

Using the Network troubleshooter in Windows 7
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Using-the-Network-troubleshooter-in-Windows-7

Try updating your network card driver to what is compatible with Windows 7 so that there is no conflict.

Check your manufacturer details from DirectX Diagnostic Tool:

   1. Open the Direct X Diagnostic Tool. To do this, click Start, type dxdiag in the Start Search box, and then click dxdiag.exe in the Programs list.
   2. Click the Display tab.
   3. Under Device, look for Name and Manufacturer.
   4. Click Exit.

Make a note of the manufacturer, visit the website and download the appropriate driver for your graphics card driver that is compatible with Windows 7.

Referral link for driver updates:

Update a driver for hardware that isn't working properly
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly