is it worth setting up a home group windows
Any computer running Windows 7 can join the homegroup. To set it up: 1  Open up the Control Panel, go to Network and Internet, and click on HomeGroup. 2  You can also type homegroup in the Start menu's search box.3  Click Create a Homegroup if one isn't already set up. Click Join Now, select the files you want that computer to share, and type in the password you just set. 2  You should see Homegroup pop up in Explorer's sidebar, from which you can access all the shared libraries from other Windows 7 computers in the homegroup. 3  That's it!