"Working on Windows 7 HomeGroup - How to Join or Leave the HomeGroup Easily?"

Once a Windows 7 HomeGroup is created, users on the same Home network can join the HomeGroup and share files and devices.

A homegroup doesn't require an administrator; it's simply an entity that exists on your network as long as it has at least one member. If all the computers leave the homegroup, it ceases.

On a multiple-user computer, the homegroup sharing settings of each user account are separate, so that if one user joins the computer to a homegroup and shares her Documents library, for example, other users' documents are still kept private.

To join an existing Windows 7 HomeGroup

After a homegroup is created on a home network, when you connect your computer to the network with a Home Network connection, the Join A Homegroup wizard offers you the option of joining the homegroup.

If your computer already has a Home Network connection to the network but is not a member of the existing homegroup, you can start the wizard manually.

• Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
• Under Network and Internet, click Choose homegroup and sharing options.
• Click Join now, and then follow the Homegroup wizard to enter the password.

To locate the password for an existing HomeGroup

• Log on to any computer that is joined to the homegroup.
• Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
• Under Network and Internet, click Choose homegroup and sharing options.
• From the Change homegroup settings dialog box displayed, click View or print the homegroup password.

To leave a Windows 7 HomeGroup

• Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
• Under Network and Internet, click Choose homegroup and sharing options.
• From the Change homegroup settings dialog box displayed, click Leave the homegroup…

• In the Leave The Homegroup wizard, click Leave the homegroup. Then, when the wizard confirms that you have successfully left the homegroup, click Finish.

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