Originally Posted by
Arkroyal
Thanks guys. A.O. As one if the computers us rather old and running XP I had to network the old way not using Homegroup. I thonk you ate probably right. The Win8 machine seems to only understand Homegroup and mot my original network.
Solution may be to bin the old XP box and reset Homegroup without it.
I'm sure there is an alternative solution, however you have probably come to the right conclusion and will bin the XP box, thereby removing a layer of complexity in your networking travails, and also guarding against obsolescence (enforced by MS or otherwise)