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    How to Find Your Local IP Address in Windows: Simple Steps for Beginners

    For countless Windows users, understanding how devices communicate across a local network is a foundational tech skill, yet many remain unaware of the simplest way to check their local IP address—a key tidbit needed for troubleshooting, router setup, or secure remote desktop connections. Knowing...
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    • command prompt dynamic ip ip address lookup ip configuration ipv4 ipv6 lan configuration local ip network issues network security networking tips powershell router configuration static ip tech tips windows windows 10 windows 11 windows settings
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 10 Certain files are not copied from PC to NAS, alleged use by other program

    After replacement of a harddisk in my NAS I want to shovel back about 1 TB files from my PC win10 64 bit to it. Tried it first with robocopy. File transfers ended when some mp4, some tif files were to be copied. Error message - Other app using them. Resource monitor showed no handles to these...
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    • backup error message file sharing file synchronization file transfer gigabit goodsync hard drive lan configuration mp4 nas network issues resource monitor robocopy task manager tiff files transfer speed unmanaged switch windows 10
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. abrogard

    Networking a Printer various Wins

    I have win10, win7 and winXP on our home LAN. I have XP because I have a printer that needs XP: no drivers available for any other brand of Windows: a Laserjet 3150. So the printer hangs off that PC as a local printer. Now I think if I want to access it across the network from these other...
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    • access printer compatibility device management driver issues file operations home network installation lan configuration laserjet 3150 legacy systems local printer network network printer printer printer sharing setup guide windows 10 windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: General Computing
  4. realintheory

    Windows 7 how do i locally protect a folder but allow network access

    Hi If the following is possible.. how do I do it ? On PC1 I have two users A (Admin) and B (Standard User) and Folder X On PC2 I have one user C (admin) PC1 and PC2 are on the same LAN I want Folder X to be accessible to A and C but not B... ????
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    • admin rights file access file security folder permissions lan configuration local security network sharing permissions standard user windows users
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 windows xp, linux and mac can't access windows 7 professional in the network.

    I am using a computer as a storage area network, which means i have a shared hard drive mapped to 12 computers in the network, since i upgraded the operating system from server 2003 to windows 7 professional 64bit I'm having a problem that only the computers with windows 7 can access the...
    • esadi
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    • access issues compatibility error message file sharing lan configuration mapped drives network network issues operating system performance issues server storage shared drives storage troubleshooting upgrade user support windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 A working way to share with Vista etc. ?

    What would be the best way to set up the local network so that machines can share files and printers with each other? There is an ADSL-modem/DHCP-server/router/firewall and a wireless hot-spot connected to it. (Kind of radio extension of the LAN.) There is an old Windows2000 SP4 desktop...
    • turboscrew
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    • adsl modem connectivity dhcp error file sharing home network lan configuration local network malwarebytes network discovery network issues printer sharing shared folders troubleshooting uac settings windows 2000 windows 7 windows vista wireless workgroup
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  7. Gil80

    Windows 7 unidentified Network ??

    Hi there. I have a dual LAN on my motherboard and windows 7 installed. No.1 is connected to the internet and no.2 is my LAN. I connect a second computer with windows 7 to the LAN with crossed Ethernet cable. I have internet connection and file sharing on both computers, however the host computer...
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    • computer setup dual lan ethernet file sharing internet access lan configuration network issues unidentified network windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 slow and incomplete downloads with IE8 AND FF3.5

    Hi, I have setup a brand new Windows 7 RTM (MSDN subscriber) installation just to test the OS. I have another XP machine also with IE8 & FF3.5 in the same LAN segment and with the same access to the internet and the same applications installed. Corporate firewall rules apply exactly the same...
    • germanftorres
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    • antivirus apache browser performance chunked transfer corrupted files download file incompleteness firefox firewall http headers internet explorer lan configuration network issues safe mode software compatibility troubleshooting windows 7 windows defender
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  9. ghost_301

    Windows 7 Is it possible to activate ICS and homegroup together with a crossover cable ?

    As title. I have two computers which is connected with cross over cable. Before I activate ICS to share internet connection, I managed to make two computers in a homegroup where they can share files and printer etc. After that, I bridged my 2 LAN cards, and activate the ICS. In my bridges LAN...
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    • crossover cable file sharing homegroup ics ip address lan configuration network network sharing printer sharing windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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