Set up home network group

If you set up a homegroup in Windows 7, you can share pictures, documents and printers with other computers.

Set up home network group in Windows 7

To share content with other computers, all computers must be in a homegroup.

1. Click "Start" at the bottom left of the screen.
2. Select "Control Panel" in the start menu on the right.
3. Click on "Network and Internet" and then on "Home Network Group".
4. There you click on the button "Create home network group", a new window will open.
5. Now you can choose whether you want to share pictures, documents or printers. Then click on the "Next" button.
6. After a short wait you will receive a password. You do not need to remember this as it will be changed afterwards. Click on "Finish", the window closes again.
7. In the window of the home network group click on "Change password" (see picture). There you simply enter a password so that you can remember it for a short time. You need this to link other computers to the home network group. Click "Next" and then "Finish".
8. The home network group has now been successfully created. Any number of other computers can now join the home network group.