Network Troubleshooter - HA!

[Forgboybri]

Go Easy, I'm a civilian

I am trying to join my laptop and desktop to the same home network on XP Home. One is named Laptop, one is named Desktop. Guess which is which. I want them both to be in the same workgroup, named OFFICE. When I name one to OFFICE, it works fine. When I try to add the second one, I get an error message about needing a unique computer name. THEY BOTH HAVE UNIQUE COMPUTER NAMES!!!! It is only the workgroup name that is the same. What is the point of being in a work-GROUP if it must be unique (meaning singular, meaning NOT PART OF A GROUP!)? Can anyone help me teach this computer basic first grade logic?

Frogboybri

 

[Marcs41]

There is a Computer description, a Computer Name and a Workgroup. None of those 3 can be the same.

Open the (file) Explorer, right click My Computer
Select Properties
Click Computer Name Tab
Fill in Computer Name and click Chang to modify the rest like this:

On the Laptop:
Computer Description = My Laptop
Computer Name = Laptop
Workgroup = Office

On the Desktop:
Computer Description = My Desktop
Computer Name = Desktop
Workgroup = Office
The solution is out there.