Windows 7 Understanding Homegroup in Windows 7

[direstrates]

What is Homegroup in W7?

 

[Joe S]

It is a way to network and share things like video music etc between PCs running Windows 7 only.
Joe

 

[direstrates]

It is a way to network and share things like video music etc between PCs running Windows 7 only.
Joe

So it only works with other PCs that have W7? Is there a down side to using it? Does it cause problems for non-W7 PCs accessing digital content on the W7 system?

 

[Joe S]

Other systems cannot access the windows 7 machines.
Joe