[How to] Disable HomeGroup in Windows 7

In Windows 7, Microsoft introduced a series of network improvements, such as Direct Access for Business users and Home Group for home users, which allow users to share musics, videos, documents and even printers among Windows 7 computers. However, not every one can take advantage of this cool feature. For those who regard this as useless, here is a way to turn it off, as well as remove the links in explorer navigation panel.


* WIN +R to run Services.msc

* Find the following two services:

HomeGroup Listener
HomeGroup Provider
 
* Stop and disable them

* Reboot

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