Both user accounts have Administrator privileges. Both computers have network sharing on. They both belong to the same workgroup (WORKGROUP). The Windows 8 HomeGroup settings look like:
Private (current profile):
- Turn on network discovery and Turn on automatic setup of network connected devices
- Turn on file and printer sharing
- Allow Windows to manage homegroup connections (recommended)
Guest or Public -- everything off
All Networks:
- Turn off Public folder sharing (people logged on to this computer can still access these folders)
- Use 128-bit encryption to help protect file sharing connections (recommended)
- Turn off password protected sharing.
The Windows 7 HomeGroup settings look like:
Home or Work (current profile):
- Turn on network discovery
- Turn on file and printer sharing
- Turn off Public folders sharing
- Media streaming is on
- Use 128-bit encryption...
- Turn off password protected sharing
- Allow Windows to manage homegroup connections
Public: everything's off and use 128-bit encryption
How do I get the Windows 7 computer to see the Windows 8 computer in HomeGroup?
