Use Windows 7 homegroup to interconnect multiple computers

Many people have more than one computer in their homes, and if you need to transfer files between several computers in your home, what would you choose? Use QQ to pass, with u disk cuff? These two methods are most common, the operation is not difficult, but how much still a little trouble, especially in the absence of QQ or can not find a U disk. In fact, as long as a few computers are installed in the Win7 system, the use of Win7 family group can build a mini LAN for these computers, the use of family groups to transfer files is simpler, as in the local hard disk copy paste.

First step: Create a homegroup

The method of creating a homegroup in a Win7 system is also simple. First, on one of the Win7 computers, click the Start button, open Control Panel, and enter home in the search box to find and open the HomeGroup option

Open Win7 Family Group option

Click Create HomeGroup in the HomeGroup window to check the items you want to share. The Win7 family can share a wealth of content, including documents, music, pictures, printers, and so on, covering almost every file on your computer.

Select the content to share

After you select the Shared Item, click Next, and Win7 will return a string of irregular characters, which is the family password that can be copied to the text and saved, or written directly on the paper.

Write down your homegroup password

After you write down this password and click "Finish" to save and close the settings, a homegroup is created to complete the

Step two: Join the family group

To join an existing homegroup, open the HomeGroup setting from Control Panel, and when the system detects that a homegroup already exists on the current network, the button that originally shows "create a homegroup" becomes "Join Now"

The computer that joins the HomeGroup also needs to select the items that you want to share, and then, when you're done, enter the password you just created for the homegroup and you can join the group.

Step three: Transfer files through the homegroup

When all the computers in your home are joined to the homegroup, expand the "HomeGroup" directory on the left side of the Win7 Explorer to see all the computers you have joined. As long as you select the Shared Item when you join, you can copy and paste it freely through your homegroup, as you would a local move and copy file.

Small tip:

Win7 All versions can be added to the HomeGroup, but only the Win7 home advanced version and above system can create a homegroup. If you have all the computers in your family that are Win7, you can upgrade the Win7 system of a computer by buying the Win7 upgrade key, so you can create a homegroup. WIN7 system upgrade process is very simple, even without reloading the system, just enter the upgrade key, wait about 10 minutes on it.