Windows 10 Absolute Beginner’s Guide

20. Sharing Files and Printers

In This Chapter

• Introduction to Homegroups

• Creating, Joining, and Leaving a Homegroup

• Sharing with Other Homegroup Computers

• Sharing a Specific Printer with Other Homegroup Computers

• Sharing a Specific Printer with Other Network Computers

Say the word network to a novice Windows user, and you’re sure to notice a look of fear mixed with confusion. But for the person who simply wants to share some pictures or music, or perhaps all the family’s important files, among the computers in their home, there shouldn’t be too much panic. Windows makes sharing easy with a function called homegroups. Homegroups provide exactly what you want from a small network: to provide easy sharing without introducing complexity. ...