1. HomeGroup
What Is home group
• You can share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers with other people in
your homegroup.
• You can help protect your homegroup with a password
• After you create or join a homegroup, you select the libraries that you want to share.
• You can prevent specific files or folders from being shared.

2. Create the homegroup
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created homegroup
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If a homegroup already exists on your home network, you can join it.
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Step :
– Open HomeGroup by clicking the Start button
– clicking Control Panel
– typing homegroup in the search box
– clicking HomeGroup.
– On the Share with other home computers running Windows 7 page,
click Create a homegroup, and then follow the instructions.

4. Add other pc to homegroup
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After someone on your network creates a homegroup, the next step is to join it.
You'll need the homegroup password, which you can get from the person who
created the homegroup.
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Step :
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Open HomeGroup by clicking the Start button
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clicking Control Panel
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typing homegroup in the search box
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clicking HomeGroup.
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Click Join now, and then follow the steps on your screen.

5. Access homegroup file
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PCs that belong to your homegroup will appear in Windows Explorer.
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To access files or folders on other homegroup PCs :
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Click the Start button , and then click your user name.
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In the navigation pane (the left pane), under Homegroup, click the user
account name of the person whose files you want to access.
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In the file list, double-click the library you want to access, and then double-
click the file or folder you want.

8. Share Printer
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Printers that are connected with a USB cable can be shared with a homegroup.
After the printer is shared, you can access it through the Print dialog box in any
program, just like a printer that's directly connected to your PC.
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To share your printer with the homegroup :
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Open HomeGroup by clicking the Start button
, clicking Control Panel,
typing homegroup in the search box, and then clicking HomeGroup.
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Click Install printer.
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Select the Printers check box, and then click Save changes
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To automatically connect to a homegroup printer
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Click the Windows found a homegroup printer message that appears.

9. To manually connect to a homegroup printer
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On the PC the printer is physically connected to, click the Start button
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click Control Panel, type homegroup in the search box, and then click HomeGroup.
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Make sure the Printers check box is selected.
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Go to the PC you want to print from.
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Open HomeGroup by clicking the Start button
, clicking Control Panel,
typing homegroup in the search box, and then clicking HomeGroup.
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Click Install printer.
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If you don't already have a driver installed for the printer, click Install driver in the
dialog box that appears.