Keep in mind that in order for the HomeGroup to function, there must be more than one Windows 7 system on the network and your Network Location must be configured as a Home network. If it's currently configured as a Work or Public network, you will not be able to create a HomeGroup. The first link is to a more detailed explanation of HomeGroups in the Help and Support. The second is to Advanced sharing settings page where you can adjust network-sharing features and even disable the HomeGroup-sharing feature and enable the type of sharing permissions used in Windows XP and Vista, based on user accounts and passwords.
You can also start the HomeGroup Troubleshooter, a part of Windows 7's new Troubleshooting Platform, which is powered by a special type of PowerShell 2. For example, you can limit or expand the shared libraries as well as enable and customize the media streaming feature of Windows Media Player.
While the media streaming capabilities are more in tune with a home network than they are with a business network, this feature could very well be used to deliver video training material. Of more universal interest here is the ability to view or change the HomeGroup password, leave or quit using the HomeGroup, change Advanced sharing settings, and start the HomeGroup troubleshooter. Take note of the expanded Network tree in the Navigation pane.
This is a functioning peer-to-peer workgroup that consists of Windows XP and Vista systems as well as the Windows 7 systems that are participating in both the peer-to-peer workgroup and the HomeGroup. For example, I'll take a more detailed look at how libraries come into play with HomeGroup as well as how you can customize sharing in order to share folders that aren't in a library.
I'll also explore how you can link your Windows user account to an online ID in order to expand your HomeGroup to be able to do such things as accessing files on a home computer from your work computer. Read our field-tested reviews of hardware and software in TechRepublic's Product Spotlight newsletter, delivered each Thursday.
We explain who would use the product and describe what problem the product is designed to solve. Automatically sign up today! Now click on the Domain radio button and type in the name of the domain name that you want to join this computer to. Note that on my computer, the Domain and the Network ID buttons are grayed out! Why so? Kind of annoying, but what can you do! The Professional edition also gives you BitLocker and the ability to backup to a home or business network.
This is by far the easiest method and it works on all versions of Windows, which is nice. In Windows 10, they keep changing the settings and certain dialogs have disappeared while news one have appeared.
In Windows 10, there is the Settings dialog and there is the Control Panel. Go ahead and click on that, which will bring up a Microsoft Account dialog. You might see a bunch of other sites saying that you should go to Settings, then System and then About and clicking on the Join Domain button, but that seems to have been removed in the newer editions of Windows You can only upgrade from different Windows 10 versions like from Home edition to pro edition. I have a computer with Windows Server Datacenter activated.
Can you tell me what I need to do for my domain. I need to put it online like win10faq. Make sure you have this option by contacting your service provider. Good luck! I want to access my data on my server without being on the same network.
Need I an public IP for this? Hi i want to understand that do we have to keep server as well as client machines in the same network once we create domain and wants to join client machine in domain. Hello Salman, yes you have to.
Hello J. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. We may also earn commissions on purchases from other retail websites. How to create a domain on Windows Server by w10feditor Dec 8, Networking 24 comments. Sachin Gaikwad on August 24, at am.
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