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Group Policy Setting of the Week 41 – Prevent the computer from joining a Homegroup

Last week I talked about the “Remove Homegroup link from the Start Menu” option that removed removed the links from the start menu to the Homegroup option without it being disabled. However the setting by itself does not stop a computer from joining a homegroup. So this weeks setting is of course called “Prevent the computer from joining a Homegroup”…

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Group Policy Setting of the Week 40 – Remove Homegroup link from Start Menu

Homegroup is a new feature in Windows 7 that allows users on a small network to easily share all their files and printers with each other with a single share password. This greatly simplifies the process to securely share  information on a home network and it can include both domain and non-domain joined computers. As an IT administrator you may…

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