Posts by swshurts

Try following this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/homegroup-help#homegroup-start-to-finish=windows-7&v1h=win81tab1&v2h=win7tab1 I have seen this issue before. As I was not a fan of Windows 8.x, I put Windows 7 on the offending machine and the problem went away; however, you can give the link a shot and should have better results...

rubberman is right. You can very typically use memory that is higher speed than that required by your laptop; however, it will only operate at the maximum buss speed of your computer.