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The owner of a bookstore asks you to help her set up a printer in exchange for a discount on purchases. She has three Windows 7 computers networked through a wireless router and connected through a Ho

The correct answer is B. From Control Panel, select the HomeGroup feature.. To share a printer connected to one Windows 7 computer within a HomeGroup, the HomeGroup feature in Control Panel allows for easy sharing of printers and files among group members.

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The owner of a bookstore asks you to help her set up a printer in exchange for a discount on purchases. She has three Windows 7 computers networked through a wireless router and connected through a HomeGroup. She also has a new USB printer and wants to be able to print from any of the three computers. First, you install the printer on one of the three computers. What should you do next to share this printer with the HomeGroup?

Options

  • AConnect the printer directly to the network and share it with the HomeGroup.
  • BFrom Control Panel, select the HomeGroup feature.
  • CConnect to the printer over TCP/IP and then share it with the HomeGroup.
  • DConfigure each computer's firewall to allow port 631 because HomeGroup's printer sharing

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    94% (33)
  • C
    3% (1)

Why each option

To share a printer connected to one Windows 7 computer within a HomeGroup, the HomeGroup feature in Control Panel allows for easy sharing of printers and files among group members.

AConnect the printer directly to the network and share it with the HomeGroup.

Connecting the printer directly to the network is for network-ready printers, not a USB printer initially connected to a single PC, and HomeGroup sharing is managed via software.

BFrom Control Panel, select the HomeGroup feature.Correct

After installing a printer on one computer, accessing the HomeGroup settings in the Control Panel allows you to easily enable or disable sharing of the printer (and libraries) with other members of the HomeGroup. Windows 7 HomeGroup automatically handles the necessary network configurations for sharing.

CConnect to the printer over TCP/IP and then share it with the HomeGroup.

Connecting to the printer over TCP/IP is a manual network printer setup, which bypasses the simplified sharing offered by HomeGroup.

DConfigure each computer's firewall to allow port 631 because HomeGroup's printer sharing

Manually configuring firewall ports for HomeGroup printer sharing is unnecessary, as HomeGroup automatically manages these settings for seamless integration.

Concept tested: Windows 7 HomeGroup printer sharing configuration

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-7/cc725714(v=ws.10)

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#HomeGroup#printer sharing#Windows 7 networking

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