What is Homegroup?

[songkrai]

I've had Windows 7 (upgrade) for a year now. And all of the sudden after an update a Homegroup Icon showed up on my homepage/screen. It shows the word Homegroup with blue and green spheres.

OK. I did a search here and viewed all with the word Homegroup in title. But I could't find out what exactly Homegroup is.

I do have 3 computers here but I do not wish to share anything between them.

I did read how to remove the Icon from the desktop and how to remove Homegroup entirely.

But what is Homegroup? And why did it just show up on my desktop?

 

[StalkeR]

Read this,I think It would help you to understand
Windows 7 Features: HomeGroup

 

[songkrai]

Read this,I think It would help you to understand
Windows 7 Features: HomeGroup

I have one XP desktop, one Vista laptop, and one desktop Windows 7.

So from reading above. Homegroup will not be any advantage to me presently?

 

[Brink]

Hello Songkrai,

No, not at this time. Homegroup is only for networked Windows 7 computers.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/43972-homegroup-add-computer-join.html

 

[songkrai]

Hello Songkrai,

No, not at this time. Homegroup is only for networked Windows 7 computers.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/43972-homegroup-add-computer-join.html

Thanks.

I never heard of it until yesterday.

So any idea why the desktop Icon just showed up after one year of Windows 7 (upgrade)?

 

[Brink]

Not sure why, but this will show you how to remove HomeGroup from the Desktop if you wanted to.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/34580-homegroup-desktop-icon-add-remove.html


I'm not experienced in setting up a workgroup enough to help with it, but that could be an option instead of a Homegroup for you if you wanted to network them together.