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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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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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    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...
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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...
  6. 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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    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...
  8. 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...