A home network is the usual computer network you find in offices and homes. Using Windows 7, communication as well as sharing within the network is made possible. But there are often cases wherein you are unable to locate home network on your system. In this post, the Windows help team gives you some usual cases. Read through and decide which category you belong to.
- Windows help when I can’t see Home Network
In such situations, Windows help team suggests that you make sure your system is connected. Click Start and select Control Panel. Enter the Network and Internet section and then the Network and Sharing option. Here you can see if your system is connected. If it’s not connected, just reconnect to the desired network by entering the network password. If it’s already connected, then you can move on to case 2.
- Windows help when others can’t find me
Network Discovery lets you view other computers and also decides whether to let other computers see you. Windows Firewall sometimes blocks it. In such cases, Windows help team asks you to enable the Turn on Network Discovery option which is accessed through Control Panel->Network and Internet-> Network and Sharing->Change Advanced Sharing Settings.
- Windows help when the workgroup name is different
When the different computers in the network use different operating systems, Windows help team thinks it’s better to first make sure they all have the same workgroup name.
For Windows 7 or Vista users, open the Control Panel and enter “System” in the search box. Open the System file and under the computer name, the workgroup name can be identified.
For Windows XP users, follow the file route given: Start->Control Panel->Performance and Maintenance->System. In the system file, under Computer Name, the workgroup name can be identified.
Windows help team also suggests that you look into your wiring if the problem is not yet fixed!