Windows provides three main ways to share files directly from
your computer: Public folder sharing, individual folder sharing,
and homegroups. The advantage of the Public folder is
simplicity. All computers running Windows have Public folders.
Anybody with a user account and password on a computer can
access the public folders. The downside? Precisely that.
Everybody has access to them. If you'd like more control over
who can access a particular file or folder, you can share just
that file or folder. This type of sharing requires slightly more
effort to set up, but you can control specifically who can see
or modify your files or folders. With this method, there's no
need to spend time copying or moving files; you can share them
from wherever they are on your computer. The easiest way to
share files on a home network is to create or join a homegroup.
A homegroup is a group of computers that share pictures, music,
videos, documents, and even printers. The computers must be
running Windows 7 to participate in a