home networking

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...

Well usauly on my laptop (HP-G60 115EM) I am using wireless internet and could route that to another computer through ethernet. So that computer is connected to the internet through my laptop. But now i can't. When i go to my wifi connection propertities and select allow to share it says...

Hello, Is there some usb key that i can plug in my LaCie USB external hard drive, witch key would make it possible for me to reach from my Laptop? Or is it possible to reach that usb HD by wifi and not by USB? thank you! Pascal

Hi all, I have installed windows vista then windows 7 in 64 bits version in order to get my computer memory higher. They work fine ! I had trouble with both system when installing a firewall or internet security third party (my network config : wireless connection through a gateaway, wifi...

(SOLVED) wireless wont work. ad hoc work-around? (SOLVED: see end of this post) relevant PC info in profile. well, tons of support sites out there, enver joiend ones cause so many to choose. got a problem though, and i found this is dedicated to win 7, so im hoping this is my best bed. I...

having a hard time setting up home group its telling me that i dont have a home network which yes im set to home network. Any ideas?

i purchased a used dell laptop with vista home installed on it. i then bought a router for my home. i can connect to the internet on my pc which is running xp with no problem. when i try to connect my laptop i can only connect with limited connectivity. i have tried numerous things and then...

I've tried using Windows Media Extenders, Now all I need is an HDTV!!! See the DEMO on this site, under "Connect Your Home With Extenders For Windows Media Center" Link Removed Cool....

Hi, I'm having a desktop PC using XP Pro sp2 and a laptop with Vista Home Premium [32Bit]. They are connected by only a RJ-45 cable, means I'm not using any kind of router for networking. My problem is only internet sharing. Desktop PC with XP is my host and trying to share internet to my...

Hi all, first post, and semi new to networking with Vista (first time is tonight, lol). I'll cut right to the question, and here's what I have Vista home laptop, c$ shared xp pro desktop, c$ shared windows 98se desktop, c$ shared I'm not sure if this will be enough information, but here we...

Ok, so since getting Vista I've had nothing but problems with connecting my desktop to the internet. I had the problem at my home where it will connect but just drop out at random times when it felt like it, sometimes reconnecting immediately sometimes not for hours. Very frustrating but I...