Thank you all for all your help and support, now he can play with his new toy...and I can go back to some serenity.

Finally!...a friend of mine who has Pi uninstalled his Pi and reinstalled. You have to use the same log in credentials as you would to log into windows. But, here is the kicker, it has to be an administrator account. So, if your windows account isn't set to administrator, then make a whole new user ...

thank you...he claims he tried these solutions, and I am at my wits end. I no longer care if he gets the thing running but for those of you who have tried to help, thank you so very much, I will let him figure it out. Also, I did find I am not the only one having this issue, seems there is the same ...

errr..not work on his computer...but network with his computer...sorry very tired :? when we find his hard drive on the Pi...it is asking for this from his computer Username: Domain: WorkGroup <-------is already chosen...and can not change it to HomeGroup Password: this is the sticking point...can't...

Okay...he was on Microsoft site, turns out Windows 8.1 Home Edition does not have WorkGroups, only HomeGroups, but Windows 8.1 Pro Edition does have the WorkGroups, so now that I know, his operating system does not have WorkGroups, how do we figure out a way to network the Raspberry Pi 2 to work on ...

Sorry I should probably say, he is on Windows 8.1 Home Edition...but he doesn't see the Workgroup, only see's the HomeGroup, and he has just turned that off...so how does he find the WorkGroup...please

okay can you give me a link as to how to turn off the homegroup, and turn on the Workgroup?

My husband has his Raspberry Pi 2 all hooked up. He is trying to network his Windows 8.1 computer to the Pi... Window's 8.1 has a HomeGroup, now...Raspberry Pi is wanting the WorkGroup of his computer...do you see the problem? He has tried to rename the Domain: HomeGroup, to WorkGroup, and tried to ...