Acting wacky homegroup

I have Windows 7 on my server at home and Windows 8.1 on my laptop.  I installed a printer wireless HP on the server (don't know if are wireless printers "on" a particular computer more, but anyway...) I had several problems with printing to it from the laptop (8.1) and have reduced the problem to a mismatch between the two versions of Windows networking.  Specifically, there seems to be a problem in "Homegroup".

Initially, the problem that manifests itself as the following on the server error message:

The Peer Name Resolution Protocol service (PNRPsvc) or peer network (p2pimsvc) Identity Manager service does not work.

After a lot of research, trial and error, I think I solved this by following the steps listed on this link.  (Specifically, deletion of idstore.sst)

Now the required services are running, and my laptop says a homegroup is available.  But we are not out of the woods yet. I click on 'register', I enter the password (retrieved on the server by clicking on "View Password"), it whirs and stir for a while, then says "Windows no longer detects a homegroup on that network." I tried the password several times to make sure.  Then, thinking it could be a password too complex for me to type correctly (a lot of 0s and operating system and other things), I went to the server and tried to change the password to something simple.  To my dismay, he came back and said "cannot set up a homegroup on this computer."

Working groups have been quite complicated.  Now, I have to deal with this BS HomeGroup.  Please advise, it's tax season and I really don't have time for that.

Hello

No you don't need a home group although it is usually an easy way to share files and devices.
Instead, you can use a task force which adds that more features is however more complex
in its configuration. Here, I use both.

Join a domain, workgroup or home group
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/join-or-create-a-workgroup

I hope this helps.

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