Quote From The Blog dedicated to the engineering of Microsoft Windows 7.

This post is about a Windows 7 feature that covers a lot of territory—it is about networking, user interface, sharing, media, printing, storage, search, and more.  HomeGroup is a way of bringing all these features together in a way that makes it possible for a new level of coolness in a home with multiple PCs running Windows 7.  A lot of us are the sysadmins for our own homes and for many others (friends and family).  We set up network topologies, configure machines, and set things up so they work—HomeGroup is designed to make that easier so it can be done without a volunteer sysadmin.  It makes for some challenges in how to describe the feature since the lack of such a feature has each of us creating our own private best practices or our own techniques for creating and maintaining a home network.  HomeGroup is about making this easier (or possible for everyone else) and at the same time giving you the tools to customize and manage—and no matter what, under the hood the file and printer sharing, media sharing, and networking you are already familiar with is there should you wish to stick with the familiar ways. HomeGroup is a deep feature that builds on a lot of new infrastructure/plumbing new to Windows 7, though in this post we’ll talk about it from the experience of setting up a network. 

This is a feature that is one you should just use and see it working, rather than trying to read about it as it covers so much territory in writing. 

This post is by Jerry Koh a lead program manager in the Core User Experience team, with help from a number of folks across the dev team.  –Steven

PS: From all of us on the Windows team, we wish you a very Happy New Year!

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孤独是人的宿命，我们每个人都是这世界上一个旋生旋灭的偶然存在， 

从无中来，又要回到无中去，没有任何人任何事情能够改变这个命运。

对，甚至连爱也不能，凡是领悟人生这样一种根本性孤独的人，便已经站到了一件人间欢爱的上方。

孤独源于爱，无爱的人不会孤独，

也许孤独是爱的最意味深长的赠品，受此赠礼的人从此便学会了爱自己，

也学会了理解别的孤独的灵魂和身长与他们之中的深邃的唉，从而为自己建立一个珍贵的精神世界。

爱可以抚慰孤独，但是却不能消除孤独。

如果爱妄图消除孤独，就会失去分寸，走向反面。

孤独之不可消除，使唉成了永无止境的寻求。

在这条无尽道路上奔走的人

夜, 从来没有像今天这样宁静；

地上的行李，明天即将随她而去；

眼泪，将曾今的过去埋进了心底；

入睡， 清醒， 明天， 人生还将继续。

沉醉闹市，
会迷失自我，
沉醉于寂寞，
会连意识都迷失掉，
所以，
我选择，
努力去沉醉于故事
别人的和自己的，
然后，
慢慢揉成一团，
就是我的人生。

Windows XP includes its own backup program, although you may need to do some digging to find it. You can also take your pick of third-party programs (listed at the end of this column) that add bells and whistles you won’t find in the basic Windows XP Backup utility.

If you use Windows XP Professional, the Windows Backup utility (Ntbackup.exe) should be ready for use. If you use Windows XP Home Edition, you’ll need to follow these steps to install the utility:

For more information, see How to Install Backup in Windows XP Home Edition.

With that chore out of the way, you’re ready to begin backing up. By default, the Backup utility uses a wizard that makes the process straightforward. To start Backup:

Decide What to Back Up

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