How do connect me to a Win7 computer on my network home

I have 2 Win7 computers on my home network. I can see them Surface Pro, but I can't connect to them (and vice versa). File sharing is enabled on all machines. They all have the same WORKING group. I read somewhere that I need NetBIOS, but it is not available for installation on the Surface Pro.

Any ideas?

Hello

Welcome to the Microsoft Community forums.

From your post, it seems that you are experiencing problems connecting different version of Windows.

You can read these articles and check if everything is configured correctly:

Networking of computers running different versions of Windows

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/networking-home-computers-running-different-versions-of-Windows

What it takes to set up a home network

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/what-you-need-Setup-home-network

It will be useful.

Come back if you have questions about Windows and we will be happy to help you.

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