How to Remove Homegroup from Windows Explorer with Windows 7 Support

Homegroup which a lot of you Windows users might already be aware of allows you to share files and other devices with other Windows 7 users in a home network. And as such, if you have Windows 7 installed as the primary operating system for your computer, you can view the Homegroup icon in the Windows Explorer navigation pane.

This in turn indicates that the service is active irrespective of whether you have established a Homegroup or not. And it is actually waiting for you to add more computers and devices. Now unless the same service is disabled, your copy of Windows will automatically run it in the background using valuable system resources while doing so.

So in getting on with our article and the task at hand, if you wish to remove the same Homegroup application from your computer, do so by following a few simple steps as suggested by Microsoft with Windows 7 Support. Let us now take a look shall we?

Removing Homegroup from Windows Explorer with Windows 7 Support

To begin with the Windows 7 Support steps to remove the Homegroup application from your Windows 7 Explorer feature, you will first need to head for the Windows “Start” menu and click on the “Computer” option to open the same Windows Explorer.

After which, locate the “Homegroup” icon from the left hand corner of the navigation pane. Right click on it and select the “Change Homegroup Settings” option from the resulting menu.

Now if you have already setup a Homegroup on your network, you will be able to see a link titled as “Leave the Homegroup”. Microsoft suggests you click

Remove Homegroups Windows Explorer

on it and choose to leave the Homegroup.

However, if your computer is not yet part of a Homegroup, you will first need to create one before you proceed with disabling the service. So select “Create a Homegroup” and follow the resulting on-screen prompts and complete it. You can then get back to your Windows Explorer and leave the Homegroup.

Close Windows Explorer and open the “Start” menu again. And in the “Search” field, type in “services.msc” followed by “Enter”. This will open the “Services” window.

Locate the Homegroup Listener and Homegroup Provider services in the same list. Double click on each one so as to open their individual “Properties” windows.

Next up, change the “Startup Type” from “Manual” to “Disabled” on the same “Properties” window. Then continue with the “Stop” button in the “Service Status” section. Click “Apply” then “Ok”. These actions will automatically stop Windows 7 from running the service on your system.

Finally, hit on the “Services” window and re-open Windows Explorer. And this time, the Homegroup icon will be missing from the navigation pane.

Windows 7 support for using dual monitors

Windows 7 is the latest version of Windows operating system developed by Microsoft. It was officially released on July 22, 2009 and is still very popular among the general public. With Windows 7 the main focus of Microsoft was to make an upgrade in the Windows line and also to make it compatible with software programs and hardware that are compatible with Windows Vista. Windows 7 operating system includes options to configure and use dual monitors. It lets you configure each display independently. Settings like screen resolution and color depth can also be separately configured. Dual monitors can be configured in Windows 7 using the screen resolution settings. This article contains instruction for configuring two monitors in Windows 7 operating system.

Windows 7 support instructions

Setup Dual Monitors

What you can find below are the instructions provided by the Windows 7 support team to assist you in the process of using dual monitors in Windows 7 operating system.

1. Start off this procedure to configure dual monitors by connecting the second display to your computer and turn it on.
2. Now point your mouse towards a vacant area on your desktop and click on the right button.
3. Continue with this procedure by selecting the option which says “Screen resolution” from the given menu.
4. Click on the button labeled “Detect” to make sure that the other monitor is detected by your computer.
5. Click the screen mode which is located under the “Multiple Displays” section. Select the option which says “Duplicate these displays” in order to display the same image on both screens. Use the option “Extended these displays” to have individual displays on each monitors.
6. Select the icon for the second monitor and drag it to represent the screens physical layouts. Say for example, if the other monitor is physically to the left side of the primary monitor, drag the second monitors icon to the left side of the primary monitor.
7. Finally end this procedure by clicking “Ok”.

Once you have successfully completed the above mentioned instructions provided by the Windows 7 support team, dual monitors will be configured and ready to use. If you face any problems in this, get further assistance from any reliable online technician.

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1 Comment

1. 
   O. Tersham

   Posted February 6, 2012 at 4:38 pm

   Hi,

   How to make the Homegroup icon appear again? I enabled and started the two services, but it doesn’t seem to work.

   Kind regards,

   Otto

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