Useful if some of your computers are still stuck on Win 7

Now that Windows 8 is out, you'll be happy to hear that you can add it to your existing Windows 7 HomeGroup if you want. Windows 7 introduced the whole HomeGroup feature, which essentially simplifies the process of sharing files and printers with other Windows 7 machines. Up until now, you could only do this with Windows 7 machines, but now you can share files and stream media between Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs.

The process for adding a Windows 8 machine to a Windows 7 HomeGroup is quite simple. First, open the Charms bar by pressing Windows key + C or by hovering your mouse over the top-right corner of the screen. Then, click on Settings.

Then, at the very bottom, click on Change PC settings.