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