Set the Avast Firewall to private mode and reboot.
I had to mess with this when I first purchased the Premium stuff.
Finally gave up and deleted the HomeGroup I had.
Went into the Advanced Sharing setting and turned off the PASSWORD REQUIRED
Rebooted
Created a new HomeGroup
Got all the machines JOINED
Rebooted
All seems well again
I somehow think the Avast Firewall isn't?wasn't allowing the HomeGroup Password through.