What is sharing?

[linda3421]

I see the home group and sharing options. It's just me here. I have no one to be sharing with. Is it talking about outside people?

 

[Mellon Head]

No. It's only talking about sharing within the people in your Homegroup. If you have no one else in your Homegroup, you won't be sharing with anyone, unless you explicitly allow a folder or hard disk share. You would have to jump through some hoops to do that (it takes a little fiddling to do), so no worries about that. Be aware that sharing a folder or hard drive can be a bit of a security risk, so it's best not to do that.

But the short answer to your question is no. You'll be all right.

 

[linda3421]

Some others on this subject are talking about sharing my information with other computers in the house. wouldn't that be automatic when I log in somewhere else?

 

[samuria]

Your files are stored on each of unless you use one drive or Google drive some settings follow you if you use Windows ten so n another PC you may need to access the other PC via sharing to get a file

 

[AddRAM]

No it`s not talking about outside people.

It`s talking about all your computers in the house, they are on the same network, because they are all connected to the same router/switch etc.

You can share data between each PC, music, etc, even a usb printer can be shared.