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    Solved remove homegroup from windows 8.1

    I might try Win 10 on a spare partition when I get my reserve PC back from Acer - their new RAM went bust after a month so when they fix it I could use that without causing problems on my workaday PC. Tony PS I can manage most things - in the 1980s I ran a live "direct to CD" system at...
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    Solved remove homegroup from windows 8.1

    Thanks Shawn - ain't life simple when you know how:dinesh: Yes, I set them to start, left the HG, restopped them and disabled them. With computer restarts in between that damned icon has at last vanished. Now I can use our inherited Workgroup without any trouble again. As you probably...
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    Solved remove homegroup from windows 8.1

    I am having the same problem that started this thread - trying to remove Homegroup service, and then the icon in File Explorer. Although the services were stopped followed by restart OK, the icon is still there. Trying to "Leave the Homegroup" got me a message that Windows could not allow me to...
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