Windows 10: WHY no "homegroup" in Win 10 home 64??, the cynic asks..

My homegroup (which included this machine and two running Win 7)
was running fine, until the last update, which wiped the homegroup out.

MS has a facile solution, to replace the homegoup funtionality,
involving using their Outlook-based email system.
(Why, I recall the simplicity of peer-to-peer,
which was replace by homegroup, by crackee.)

But why, I ask, would they do such a thing??

And the answer arises easily in my curmudgeonly - inspired deductive reasoning.

"Well, they want more data hosted on their servers
so they can mine it for their own purposes,
and control the "free" space allocation for future income streams,
and otherwise seek their own $$ based,
to hell with you, profit opportunities."

Let me see:
Would a good company like MicroSXXX *Banghead actually disable a functioning utility *092
just to establish a future potential benefit?
Mmmmmm?? (scratch head??)*sarc

If this is just negative speculation, predicated on obsolete recollections of past performance
please enlighten me .
Surely, its because of security reasons??*Confused
or enhanced funtionality??*Party
or, (uh)...???

Thank you.

DN

:)

 

Win 10 and Homegroup - No longer detects a homegroup

Hello Joseph,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and we regret for the inconvenience. Let me assist you.

To be able to understand the issue better, let us know a few more details on the below questions.

• How did you receive the BIOS update? Because, procedures vary depending on the BIOS manufacturer.
• Do you have a System Restore point set in Windows prior to the issue?
• Did you check if recreating the Homegroup helps to make a positive impact on the issue?
  
  HomeGroup from start to finish (Applies
  to Windows 10 as well)
• Do you mean reinstallation of Windows 10 when you say 'reloaded Win10'?

As an initial recommendation, I suggest you to check whether the network discovery is turned to on all the devices.

Follow the below steps.

Step 1: Type network in the search box and choose
Network and Sharing Center in the list to open it.

Step 2: Select Change advanced sharing settings to move on.

Step 3: Choose Turn on network discovery or
Turn off network discovery in the settings, and tap Save changes.

Write to us with the updated status and the required information for us to be able to assist you further.

 

create a homegroup

Hi Frankievan,

This issue logging in or joining HomeGroup could have happened due to administrator settings. To resolve your issue, we would like to know more about the issue by asking the following questions below:

• Are you the administrator of the HomeGroup network?
• Have you taken or completed any troubleshooting steps?

If you are the administrator, we suggest that you check the settings of your HomeGroup network. You can follow the steps provided in this

article to check if there is something wrong with the settings.

We look forward to your response to our queries.

 

With Each major Win 10 and Win 7 update Homegroups are killed? Help?

Unfortunately, the HomeGroup troubleshooter is unable to identify the problem.

At this point I am inclined to believe the problem was a corrupt Windows 7 Update (the most recent one). And unfortunately "recovery" to a few weeks prior was unable to resolve the problem.

So the only solution is to attempt a full clean install of either Win 7 or Win 10, and say a prayer.

The Win 7 computer still has access to the wireless router and internet, it is just unable to connect to the HomeGroup to gain access to the shared Windows 10 printers like it did before (or anything else shared from the Win 10 computer).