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(Solved) - Homegroup sharing between Win 8 & Win 7 computers?

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joydeepm08
joydeepm08
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I am thinking of upgrading to Windows 8 on my desktop. Will homegroup sharing work between Win 8 and Win 7? There are 2 laptops on my homegroup with shared printers.

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whs
whs
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Yeah, that works. Make sure you really like Windows 8 before you upgrade and make an image of your Windows 7 system so that you can go back in case you do not like it . Many people have reservations about Windows 8.

The best thing is to first try it out in virtual. Here is how. That's the way I run it. Works great. And with the VMware tools, you have a shared clipboard with which you can move files back and forth.

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Fhirkin9
Fhirkin9
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Homegroup sharing between Win7 and Win8 works well. All you need is the group password, identical to sharing between groups of Win7 computers. I doubt that the existing password will persist on the upgraded PC after the upgrade, but if you got it to work in Windows 7 it is easy to get it to work across a 7 & 8 homegroup.

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