2007 Microsoft® Office System Inside Out

Setting Up a Groove Account

After installing Groove, you need to set up a Groove account (a user name and password in many cases) by completing the steps in the Account Configuration Wizard, which runs when you first start Groove. The welcome page of the wizard is shown in Figure 6-1.

Figure 6-1. Use the Account Configuration Wizard to create an account the first time you use Groove.

Why You Need a Groove Account

You and the people you share files and information with in Office Groove 2007 need to have Groove accounts that are different from, for example, the user account that you use to log on to Windows or your e-mail program. Your Groove account ...