Homegroup WARNING "Windows cannot configure residential group on this computer.

While he was trying to set up a new laptop (Windows 7) on my home group, I get a warning "Windows cannot configure residential group on this computer." There are two other jobs in the home group, and all the three machines have different names. All of them are connected to the router. I ran the toubleshooter and no help there.

Hi Bob,

There seems to be a problem in the definition of the homegroup.

Perform the steps from the link below and see if it helps.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/why-can-t-i-join-a-HomeGroup

Hope this information helps.

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