home networking

Ok I am just about going out of my mind with this one. I have a DNS 323 NAS device connected directly to my laptop with static IP's and a crossover cable (removed it from my network for troubleshooting simplicity). I am running Windows 7 Pro. I can access the web interface of this device, ping...

Recently installed a AirLink 101 USB Adapter and an AirLink 101 Wireless N Router. I tried to connect to the LAN but Password was incorrect. Found out that the Adapter Properties were set to 802.11d and Value at Disable. Changed them to Property: Wireless Mode and the Value to, IEEE 802.11b/g/n...

Hello, thanks for reading this, I'm sharing somes folder located on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64 for other workstation (XP and Vista). I made every step and everything is working very well for a couple of hours (4 to 6 hours), after that, the connection seems to be lost between XP and Windows...

Hello, i hope you can help me. For a little while now I have WIN7 (Ultimate) and wanted to use the Media Player streaming Movies & Music from my PC here to our PS3 in the living room. Previously I did that on my old, still installed XP Installation, with a Software called "PS3 MEDIA SERVER"...

New to Windows 7 but not computers. Situation: New Windows 7 OS, i5 3.0 Ghz chip, 4 Gb 1333 Ram, 1 Tb drive (plus others)This is a desk top model. Fast system, but it insists that I have a network. I don't want a network and have no need of one. My HP laptop is one year old and is a Vista model...

Hello I have a very irritating internet problem, which I just can't seem to go away. Recently a bought a new Link Removed - Invalid URL laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit installed on it. After putting the Ethernet cable of my pc directly in the Laptop, Windows 7 started to identify the...

ive been racking my head over this one... i recently upgraded my desktop to win7 pro 64bit.. everything works fine and all but for the life of my my laptop which has xp pro sp3 is unable to print on the shared printer i have setup on my desktop.. this is how its setup.. samsung ml-2010 is...

I am running Windows 7 Professional on a desktop computer and Windows 7 Home Premium on a laptop. They both can successfully connect to the internet without a problem. The laptop connects through wireless and the desktop connects through a wired connection. These two computers, however, cannot...

Hello everyone, I have just joined this forum in search of further understandings of Windows 7. I have just recently installed Windows 7 on my Toshiba Laptop and am having some troubles. I have no idea how to view wireless connection. I go to the Network and Sharing section of Control Panel and...

This little device (DSO-150) was given to me a while back to try out. This isn't something you're going to want to use if you can't stand wires and cables. Matter of fact, I hesitated using it for that same reason. Actually this is quite nice, none intrusive, easy to install and use. Securespot...

Hi, I just took one of my blank hard drives and put it into my compaq presario desktop computer and formated windows 7 ultimate onto it. i have it setup as a daul boot computer. i have xp home edition on one drive and win7 on the new drive. i am not having any issues out of xp with the LAC. it...

I have had so much trouble getting my win7 / xp network to work. On the pre release version, I just ran the wizard on my xp machines and they could talk to the win 7 one with no problems. Talking the other way took some time to solve, but it eventually worked. Now I have the paid for release...

I've just got an Acer 1810TZ laptop running Windows 7 Home and I've got some connectivity problems - i don't know if they are linked or separate issues. Wireless connection I'm trying to connect to the internet wirelessly through a Draytek Vigor2600G router. The router has got a Network key...

I am unable to create a completely open network between multiple computers running Win7, Vista and XP on a simple Workgroup network? I need all devices (hardrives, DVD, CD, etc…) available to all machines without any restrictions (not just the Public Directory). It was working fine until...

Hello every1 I need solution to Internet connection sharing between two computers. I had internet connectiong sharing working perfectly alright between my desktop ( XP ) and laptop ( Vista ). I have now installed Windows 7 ultimate 32bit on my desktop and since then I am unable to do...

I dont know what to do next, i got a wg111v2 wireless addapter connected to Linksys WRT54G, The password is WEP "**********" I typed it correctly in the driver but this error pops up "Verify the network security key for "network". Ive tried disconnecting and connecting and typing ip manually...

Hello all, I'm running Windows7 Ultimate RTM build 7600 - Assigned to Homegroup I've looked through about as much of these threads as I can today, so hopefully this isn't a double post. I'm trying to share my media to my xbox360 via my wifi network at home. Problem I've been having is...

Hello! I can't share files between my laptop and my desktop PC, but I can open and share files with an old computer with XP on the same network. I tried all that I can think off, troubleshooting network, trying homegroups, re installing Windows, router, share settings, I did a couple of fixes...

Good Morning, I hope you'll forgive a bit of a (probably) newbie question. I have avoided working with Vista since it's release due to the problems it had when it first came out, and general dislike of it etc. I recently decided to try windows 7 however, and I know it's got a LOT of...

[Just to state, I'm using an Asus laptop with Windows 7 RC version, 64-bit. Duo 2.0 GHz processor, 4 gigs of RAM, 512Mb of video ram] That's how it started, after I left the homegroup I created. I used MMC to change the owner back to my login name, and gave myself permission for everything I...