I have 3 Win10 PCs which separately work brilliantly. My office PC has to have a printer, which the other two PCs should share. My main flying PC has the PMDG 777-300ER, PFPX and many addons. My laptop contains Navigraph Charts, VATSpy, TOPER 777 and Virtual AWOS.

 

I need to be able to share my printer, so that I can print flight plans, etc.

 

I have been trying to get Microsoft to help me set up a Homegroup across the PCs, but so far without success because it appears that their technical support does not understand Homegroups.

 

Does anyone know how to set up a Homegroup and would be prepared to use TeamViewer to show me how to do this, please?

You could setup a shared network printer instead of a Homegroup. All your computers in your network would have access to that computer's printer if you change the network settings to allow the printer to be shared. I think it would be easier than creating a Homegroup.

 

Open the Control Panel on the computer with the printer attached. Go to Network and Internet, Network and Sharing Centre, on the left click "Change advanced sharing settings". Under "Private", click "Turn on file and printer sharing". Under "All networks", turn on "Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders", and also turn OFF "Turn off password protected sharing."

 

 

Now open the Control Panel on the other computers. Repeat the procedures above, then go to Devices and Printers, click "Add a printer" at the top, and your printer should appear on the list. If it doesn't, click "The printer that I want isn't listed", then click "Select a shared printer by name", click "Browse", then find the name of the computer with the printer attached, and you should see the printer in that folder.

Edited November 27, 201510 yr by linux731