I've noticed this in the past week or so. Up until then, my HomeGroup has been working fine. I have 2 Windows 7 PC's connected via HomeGroup, one running Ultimate x64, the other running Home Premium x64. The Home Premium computer is now asked for a "Network Password" when accessing the Ultimate computer's shared folders/libraries. This was not an issue prior to last week. Up until a week ago, I could simply click on my HomeGroup from the Home Premium computer, then click the Ultimate computer name as it appears within the HomeGroup, and finally click one of the shared folders/libraries and it would open the folder/library. Settings are, Advanced Network and Sharing Options are all set to default on both including Let Windows Manage HomeGroup Connections. Network location is set to home on each. HomeGroup password is the same on each. Credential Manager shows [Computer Name]\HomeGroupUser$, correct password, and the persistence is Local Machine on each. Both computers are connected wirelessly using 802.11g via a Linksys WRT400N router, each using a dynamic (DHCP) IP address. Consequently, I can access the Home Premium's shared folders/libraries from the Ultimate computer using HomeGroup without being prompted for a "Network Password". I can access the internet from each computer without any issues. I have tried leaving the HomeGroup on each computer, recreated the HomeGroup on each, deleted the IDStore.sst files on each, all to no avail. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance. ZZaR

OUTSTANDING!! I have literally been working this for days and this solution worked. Unbelievable, doesn't really make sense as to why it works, but I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Thank you very much for your post.

Wow, I had to sign up just to let you know this fixed my problems with Homegroups. Essentially, unplugging it and plugging it back in did it! I was having problems with the HOMEGROUPS PRINTER NOT WORKING (google tags baby!) and realized it really was HOMEGROUPS SHOWING COMPUTER AND FOLDERS BUT NOT CONTENTS, and then realized that the two PCs were being asked for a PASSWORD even though one should not have been necessary. I thought it might have been related to one of the PCs being on wireless and the other two on wires, but apparently not! Thank you ZZaR, I owe you 1 full internets! In the spirit of good karma, I shall now go around and post links back here to all the other places I visited that didn't solve my problem. :)

Bravo my friend, this fixed my issue in no time flat....you kind sir or madam are a golden god.

You are my hero!!! I had the exact same problem - my two computers were using the homegroup process fine and a day or two later, one of the two computers (both windoes 7 home premium) decides it wants a username and password to access the others files via homegroups. I don't know what kind of voodoo is going on here but changing the one letter in the computer name and then changing back did the trick. Thanks so much for posting your solution!

HomeGroup asking for "Network Password" when accessing HomeGroup Computers

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I've noticed this in the past week or so. Up until then, my HomeGroup has been working fine.

I have 2 Windows 7 PC's connected via HomeGroup, one running Ultimate x64, the other running Home Premium x64. The Home Premium computer is now asked for a "Network Password" when accessing the Ultimate computer's shared folders/libraries. This was not an issue prior to last week. Up until a week ago, I could simply click on my HomeGroup from the Home Premium computer, then click the Ultimate computer name as it appears within the HomeGroup, and finally click one of the shared folders/libraries and it would open the folder/library.

Settings are,

Advanced Network and Sharing Options are all set to default on both including Let Windows Manage HomeGroup Connections.
Network location is set to home on each.
HomeGroup password is the same on each.
Credential Manager shows [Computer Name]\HomeGroupUser$, correct password, and the persistence is Local Machine on each.
Both computers are connected wirelessly using 802.11g via a Linksys WRT400N router, each using a dynamic (DHCP) IP address.

Consequently, I can access the Home Premium's shared folders/libraries from the Ultimate computer using HomeGroup without being prompted for a "Network Password". I can access the internet from each computer without any issues.

I have tried leaving the HomeGroup on each computer, recreated the HomeGroup on each, deleted the IDStore.sst files on each, all to no avail. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

ZZaR

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Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

ZZaR

Well, I seem to have possibly stumbled upon something that may have resolved my issue, at least for the time being. This morning, I renamed my Home Premium computer's full name by removing 1 character from the existing name. Of course, I was prompted to reboot for the changes to take effect. I rebooted and then on the next subsequent logon, I renamed my Home Premium computer's full name back to what it was originally. Again, I was prompted to reboot for the changes to take effect. After rebooting, I clicked on my HomeGroup and from there I clicked on my Ultimate computer that appears within my HomeGroup. To my surprise, the shared library icons were restored to their default appearance; documents, music, pictures, and video. I clicked on each of the four libraries and each opened with full access (default read only) to the contents of each library. I was not prompted for a "Network Password" this time!

If renaming the full computer name of my Home Premium computer twice, once to a new name and then back to the original name did somehow correct the issue, would this mean that the share using the full computer name had somehow become corrupt in the preceding week? Could this be the reason for the "Network Password" prompt? At any rate, my HomeGroup is once again functioning correctly between both my Ultimate and Home Premium computers. Knock on wood.

ZZaR

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2011-11-28T18:46:40+00:00

OUTSTANDING!!

I have literally been working this for days and this solution worked.

Unbelievable, doesn't really make sense as to why it works, but I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth.

Thank you very much for your post.
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2011-10-27T07:00:20+00:00

Wow, I had to sign up just to let you know this fixed my problems with Homegroups. Essentially, unplugging it and plugging it back in did it!

I was having problems with the HOMEGROUPS PRINTER NOT WORKING (google tags baby!) and realized it really was HOMEGROUPS SHOWING COMPUTER AND FOLDERS BUT NOT CONTENTS, and then realized that the two PCs were being asked for a PASSWORD even though one should not have been necessary. I thought it might have been related to one of the PCs being on wireless and the other two on wires, but apparently not!

Thank you ZZaR, I owe you 1 full internets!

In the spirit of good karma, I shall now go around and post links back here to all the other places I visited that didn't solve my problem.

:)
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2011-10-13T10:28:36+00:00

Bravo my friend, this fixed my issue in no time flat....you kind sir or madam are a golden god.
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2011-09-05T00:28:35+00:00

You are my hero!!! I had the exact same problem - my two computers were using the homegroup process fine and a day or two later, one of the two computers (both windoes 7 home premium) decides it wants a username and password to access the others files via homegroups. I don't know what kind of voodoo is going on here but changing the one letter in the computer name and then changing back did the trick. Thanks so much for posting your solution!
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