Please help me out with the "wokgroup"

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I have two computers at home a desktop and a laptop. I have two printers
connected to my desktop, and I wanted to view and print documents from my
laptop on the desktop. So I created a workplace and now there is a SECOND
workplace that I didn't create. Please help me Delete it, delete both and
create a new one if necessary.

Thanks everyone.
 
By workplace you mean workgroup right? Is the Workgroup name the same on both
PCs? If not make it the same. Does that solve your problem?
 
I'm sorry, yes, I did mean workgroup.
The workgroup names are the same on both. There are 2 icons under "workgroup
computers" I only remember making one.

Also when I try to go into the one that I do remember making, it tells me
"You maight not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the
administrator of this server to find out if you have access pemissions"

How do I do that?
How do I edit or delete the workgroup?

Thank You so much.
 
Where the second workgroup name is coming from has me baffled.

On the other problem you just mentioned, I'm having the same problem. See my
post 3 above yours titled "Only 1 PC at a time will show in workgroup."
Chuck's response to me may help you. So far I have had no luck. I thought
maybe closed ports was it (on my router).
 
I have two computers at home a desktop and a laptop. I have two printers
connected to my desktop, and I wanted to view and print documents from my
laptop on the desktop. So I created a workplace and now there is a SECOND
workplace that I didn't create. Please help me Delete it, delete both and
create a new one if necessary.

Thanks everyone.
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You put both computers into the same workgroup, by editing each computer to have
the same workgroup name. Old workgroups won't go away immediately, unless you
restart the computers.

Can both computers access each other? If so, don't worry about the extraneous
workplaces, they will go away on their own.

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