Windows 7 Feature Focus: HomeGroup
 

In Windows 7, Microsoft has included a new networking feature aimed to ease networking computers and sharing files on a home network called HomeGroups. In the past, networking computers meant assigning them to a specific workgroup and it was tough to get it all working right all the time, so HomeGroups aim to solve all those issues by making it "one-click", which it pretty much is.

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