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HomeGroup problems in Windows - Microsoft Windows Help
Learn how to solve problems with creating, joining, or accessing homegroup resources.
HomeGroup from start to finish
Learn how to create, join, and use a homegroup, and how to change homegroup settings.
Cannot see my Homegroup from Surface
I've seen other posts from Surface users having trouble joining a Homegroup that they can see from their Surface, but I can't even see my Homegroup. My Surface just says 'There is no homegroup this
homegroup not available in this version
Cannot join homegroup on my rt surface. Says not available in this version of Windows. Any ideas?
"To join a homegroup, your computer's network location must be set to Private."
I am trying to have the Surface join my homegroup which are Windows 7 machines so that it can share a printer. However, I got the following error message in Control panel -> Network and Internet ->