homegroup windows 10 and windows 7

[Bootless]

I have a desktop with windows 7 pro, and also a windows 10 home desktop. They have both joined the homegroup and the win 10 can see folders on the win 7. But the win 7 can see nothing on win 10. They have the same homegroup password, but the networks seem different. The win 7 says it's connected to Netwoork 6-Home. The win 7 says it's connected to Network 7-Private.

 

[Saga Lout]

Ditch the Homegroup by leaving it in both machines then stick to conventional networking. You can't beat it. Choose what you share and use Public if you still have any concerns over security.

 

[wpgwpg]

I have a desktop with windows 7 pro, and also a windows 10 home desktop. They have both joined the homegroup and the win 10 can see folders on the win 7. But the win 7 can see nothing on win 10. They have the same homegroup password, but the networks seem different. The win 7 says it's connected to Netwoork 6-Home. The win 7 says it's connected to Network 7-Private.

It sounds like you have different network names on the two PCs. I doubt that this is your problem though. Try going to the Network and Sharing applet of the Control Panel and clicking on "change advanced settings". Make sure they're set correctly in the Windows 10 system. And as Saga Lout says, you can always use the regular Windows networking which works just fine for me (and I have sharing between 7 & 10 working on my PCs).

Good luck.

 

[Bootless]

I have a desktop with windows 7 pro, and also a windows 10 home desktop. They have both joined the homegroup and the win 10 can see folders on the win 7. But the win 7 can see nothing on win 10. They have the same homegroup password, but the networks seem different. The win 7 says it's connected to Netwoork 6-Home. The win 7 says it's connected to Network 7-Private.

It sounds like you have different network names on the two PCs. I doubt that this is your problem though. Try going to the Network and Sharing applet of the Control Panel and clicking on "change advanced settings". Make sure they're set correctly in the Windows 10 system. And as Saga Lout says, you can always use the regular Windows networking which works just fine for me (and I have sharing between 7 & 10 working on my PCs).

Good luck.

 

[Bootless]

Thanks for trying to help. Unfortunately none of the answers worked. Still, I can transfer one direction (Win 7 to Win10.) That was my main interest.

 

[johnbl]

Edit: I think this was the link, but also read the comments about tcp netbios
http://www.tenforums.com/network-sharing/2129-sharing-files-windows-10-windows-xp.html

You could also look at

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-10-network-share-access.html

Or use Microsoft's method or making a account
Windows 10 deleted a registry key that allowed guest access so it would be more secure by default. This means that windows 10 can see down level shares by default but a down level client would not see it's shares by default. You have to add the key back or find the location. I. The user interface. Last time I looked, it took me 30 minutes to find the stupid key. I tried Google but there were so many wrong answers to sort I will try again when I get back to my desktop machine. Some key related to allowing guest access by default is now off by default.

 

[Bootless]

Windows 10 deleted a registry key that allowed guest access so it would be more secure by default. This means that windows 10 can see down level shares by default but a down level client would not see it's shares by default. You have to add the key back or find the location. I. The user interface. Last time I looked, it took me 30 minutes to find the stupid key. I tried Google but there were so many wrong answers to sort I will try again when I get back to my desktop machine. Some key related to allowing guest access by default is now off by default.

 

[Bootless]

Windows 10 deleted a registry key that allowed guest access so it would be more secure by default. This means that windows 10 can see down level shares by default but a down level client would not see it's shares by default. You have to add the key back or find the location. I. The user interface. Last time I looked, it took me 30 minutes to find the stupid key. I tried Google but there were so many wrong answers to sort I will try again when I get back to my desktop machine. Some key related to allowing guest access by default is now off by default.

johnbl seems to have the best answer. I hope he finds the right key and lets me know. Bootless

 

[johnbl]

Well I am still not back at my desktop. Here is one key that could help. I will try to find the better Info where someone included all the keys and how to set the encryption. It reduced the security overall but it allowed full access from and to windows 10 to downlevel machines running old XP, nas, samba, linux

This one only showed one key.
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-10-network-share-access.html