To build a Windows homegroup

Here, it must be for Windows 7, 8, 10, because Windows XP and Windows Vista systems do not have the features of a home network.

1. Introduction to Windows homegroup

With HomeGroup, it's easy to share files and printers on your home network. Other people cannot change the files shared by the user unless the user grants other users permission to do so.

If a homegroup does not exist on your home network, a homegroup is created automatically when you set up a computer for the Windows 7\8\10 system. If a homegroup already exists, the user can join the family group. After you create or join a homegroup, you can select the libraries you want to share. Users can prevent the sharing of specific files or folders, or they can share other libraries later. You can use a password to help protect your homegroup, and that password can be changed at any time.

Using a homegroup is the easiest way to share files and printers on a home network, but you can also use other methods to do so. You should be aware of the following three points when working with HomeGroup:

1. You must be a computer running Windows 7\8\10 to join a homegroup, window 8, and Windows 8. And all versions of Windows 8 can use a homegroup.

2. The homegroup is only available for home networks.

3. The homegroup will not send any data to Microsof's official database.

2, install the network card driver

　　Windows 7\8\10 System users can install network card drivers both automatically and manually, and the process of installing the NIC drivers automatically is straightforward.

For a network card that cannot install the driver automatically, you can install it manually.

Step one: After the network card is installed correctly to the motherboard, start the computer, because the driver could not be installed automatically, in Device Manager, will appear as "other devices." and display a yellow exclamation mark on the network card's icon, right-click on the appropriate NIC option and select "Update Driver software" from the popup shortcut menu.

Step two: Pop up the "Update Driver Software" dialog box and go to the "How do you want to search for driver software" interface. Select browse the computer to find driver software.

Step three: Go to the "Browse the driver files on your computer" screen, in: In the "Search driver software in the following" text box, enter the path to save the driver software. Click Next, or you can click the Browse button to find the Include subfolders check box if you have multiple sub-folders that are not easy to partition. Let the installer search automatically.

Step four: Click the "Next" button to start the installation of the driver, after the installation is complete, go to the "Windows has successfully updated the driver software" interface. Click Close to exit the installation wizard.

3. Install the homegroup

　Step One: Click "Network and Internet"

　

Step two: click "HomeGroup"

Note: The network location where the user's computer is located must be a home network location (that is, set network location as home network in the Network and Sharing Center window) in order to create a home network.

　Step Three: Click "Create a homegroup"

　

　　　　

　　Step four: Next, set your own

Step five: Wait a moment, go to the "Use this password to add another computer to your HomeGroup" interface, the system will provide a homegroup password, this password is used when other computers join the homegroup, be sure to save the password click Finish.

To complete the Home area network.

Note: The password here does not require a special record, and if you forget it, you can view it in the HomeGroup in Control Panel and change it to a password that is easier to remember.

　　4. Set up a homegroup

Step One: Click "Change advanced sharing Settings"

Step Two: Open the Advanced Sharing Settings window, where you can set enable network discovery so that other computers can see the shared resources on this computer directly through the network icon. In addition, the file sharing connection encryption protection, password protection sharing and other items, the user can be set.

5. Change the homegroup password

HomeGroup is easy to join, as long as other Windows 7\8\10-based computers on the network know the password to quickly join the homegroup. However, it is cumbersome to have a homegroup password that is automatically created by Windows 8 systems. Easy to input errors, on the other hand, if some people know the password of the homegroup, they can join at will, not effective control, so in certain circumstances, it is necessary to change the homegroup password.

Step One: Click "Change Password"

　　

Step Two: Select "Change Password"

Step three: Enter a new password

Step four: Click "Finish"

6. Join the family group

Step one: Click "Join" to the right of the homegroup

Step two: Click "Join Now"

Step three: Click "Next"

Step four: Set your own, where you select the files, devices, and permission levels you want to share.

Step five: Enter the password for the homegroup. Next

You are ready to join the homegroup.

　　7. Leave the family group

For some reason, you do not want to use a homegroup. You can leave the homegroup.

Step one: Click "Leave homegroup"

Step two: Select "Leave homegroup"

Step three: Wait a moment, finish

That is, leave the homegroup and finish.

To build a Windows homegroup