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- Requirements for a Homegroup
- Preparing to Set Up a Homegroup
- Creating a Homegroup
- Adding Computers to a Homegroup
- Accessing Homegroup-Shared Libraries
- Changing Homegroup Sharing Settings
- Using Homegroup-Shared Printers
- Changing Homegroup Settings
- Leaving the Homegroup
- Diagnosing Homegroup Problems
- Conclusion
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Preparing to Set Up a Homegroup
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Preparing to Set Up a Homegroup
The first step in setting up a homegroup is to select Home as the network location. The dialog in Figure 1 appears automatically when a computer first connects to the network (Figure 1).
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Figure 1 Click Home Network when prompted to enable your Windows 7 computer to join a homegroup.
To display the dialog shown in Figure 1 from the Network and Sharing Center, click the network location link (Figure 2). In either case, click Home network to set the network location as "Home." (You cannot add a computer whose network location is set as "Work" or "Public" to a homegroup.)
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Figure 2 Viewing the current network type setting from within Network and Sharing Center.
Repeat this process on all other Windows 7 computers you want to add to a homegroup.