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OK - so this got me a little closer to a solution - I can now connect to my media PC via "Network". After checking the reg settings on both mine and the media PC, I found that the media PC did have the SMB2 reg key configured as 0. Set that to 1, rebooted both PCs (just to be sure), and I can now happily browse to the machine via Network.
However, on my own PC, I am still getting "No other homegroup PCs are available at the moment", even though it found that I had been "invited" to join the HomeGroup, and authenticated the password just fine... so close.
Off to do some more digging...
Edit: So, just re-ran the HomeGroup troubleshooter, and this time around it said networking issues were preventing HomeGroup from working. Ran the network troubleshooter when prompted (previously if I've tried this it's said there were no issues), and it's now come up saying that Windows Firewall is preventing connections from @p2psvc.dll,8006 - allowed it to fix that, it then said nothing else to look at.
So I went back to check stuff - and now not only my HomeGroup isn't working, but neither is my connection to the media PC *or* my wifes laptop via Network lol. Just keeps getting better A reboot has fixed these "extra" issues, but the HomeGroup situation remains. Back to digging...
Edit2: Looks like I've come up against another "common issue". Managed to get all 3 PCs out of the HomeGroup (figured I'd nuke it all and start fresh). Figured at this point in time, there would no longer be a HomeGroup, and I could create a new one. Hah! That's FAR too logical...
So now, all 3 machines are reporting that the HomeGroup created by my PC, back when it was still on Windows 7, is out there wanting me to join it. I've cleared the PeerNetworking folder in AppData, I've stopped the services, done a "netsh winsock reset", and recreated the "MachineKeys" folder in the ProgramData directory (with reboots on all machines at the appropriate places). That's me done for now - will need to get back to it tomorrow, I guess.
Last edited by bobdabuilda; 22 Aug 2015 at 08:53.