local network

I cannot access one of my computers from another computer which is on the same network. The main computer is not wireless and has all my junk on it that I want my laptop to be able to access (music etc which is all stored on an external hard drive hooked up to the PC) When the PC is turned on, I...

Is there a way in W7 to have all network computers shown the same way as they appear in XP network neighbouring, that is to say to have a tree, each node of which is a domain or a workgroup and lists the computers it contains ? Baumic

Ok so I have Win7Pro machine here that connects to the local network (home) as well as remotely via VPN using a native Win7 VPN connection. I am going to lay out two scenarios, and I'm hoping both are possible... one is ideal and one is easily workable for me. Ideal - I have two programs that...

So I've been bugging around the net all day long for a solution and trying to figured it out my self, but I couldn't. I've reinstalled My Windwos 7 Ultimate x32 and went on a fresh copy of Windows 7 ultimate x64... and that's when it stared. After that I've tried Windows 7 Pro x32,x64 and again...

Hi, I've done something stupid. In the folder "shared" so had "all" access. But what are "all"? I have passwords on my router. But in "Network" I see other individuals I do not recognize, and can access these folders (in some), but many of the required password (looked at this when I...

Hi, I went through numerous similar threads, but unfortunately none had the problem I am facing. I have a desktop and a laptop computer connected to the Internet over an ADSL router-modem. The laptop is running Windows 7 Enterprise and the desktop is running Windows 7 Ultimate. when...

Windows 7 Starter and Netgear WGR614. It worked fine and now I cannot get Internet anymore. It is my daughter's laptop and guess she has played around where she sould not. I am new to Windows 7. To make matters worse the OS is in Portuguese and it may be diffcult to get close translations...

I have tried this question several ways still to no avail. So will try again. I have a w7 pc on wired local network, also VMWARE xp mode on w7 machine and vista laptop and network media player. I need to be able to share the media files on the w7 machine to the local network so that the media...

Hello all, We just purchased a brand-new Gateway desktop PC with Windows 7 installed. We have a preexisting wireless network, Cable modem linking to Linksys WRT160N router, which has two laptop PCs using it for internet, both running Vista, working perfectly. The new computer can see the...

Hi I have managed to get my Zensonics z500 media player to show me the media folders on my windows 7 machine, in the video library, but the files have no contents. If the original file on the PC had an AVI movie that file showing on the z500 is empty. It originally worked fine in the old XP pc...

:(:( I have been trying to log on remotely from a Windows 7 Professional machine into my personal machine that is also running Windows 7 Professional on the same network. Following is some setup points. 1) My personal/host computer is assigned a static IP address 2) I can ping my personal...

our step is simple - two windows 7 computers - cable internet and a router.... I set this all up myself months and months ago - this morning nothing was working - called the cable company - reset router and internet -- have gone through ALL troubleshooting for sharing, etc - Now both...

Hi, I decided to join the forum just for this purpose. I hope someone will be able to help me. Anyway here is my problem: All my computers are running Windows 7 (2 of them are 64-bit, the other 32-bit). A few weeks ago, all of them could see each other just fine. I could access all of them...

Hi, I have the following weird problem: I have three machines A) WinXP Pro SP3 32bit B) WinXP Home SP3 (32bit) C) Win7 Pro 64bit They are all connected through a router to the same DSL modem. Each has its own unique static IP. Each can access the internet without a problem. Computers A) and...

I have 2 win7 PC's and need to network them for file sharing. I did have them networked through my router with everything working great. I am now without broadband and attempted to network them using a gigabit switch, both of them now see a public network but not each other directly. Question...

I previously owned a XP Media Center PC and a XP Pro laptop. I had them networked on a wireless N network, which also included my Xbox 360. I never had any issue transferring files between the PC and Laptop or streaming videos/music to my 360. Fast forward. I now have a new PC and a...

When I try to host a game over lan using the tcp/ip protocol (like most games support) the screen freezes. At first I thought it was the games fault, but after having the exact same problem in 3 different games, this is not possible anymore. I first had this issue in Commandos 2, whenever I...

ΧαίÏ￾εται και καλώς ήÏ￾θα στο φόÏ￾ουμ.Λοιπον για να μπω κατευθείαν στο θÎ*μα...Έχω Î*να λαπτοπ με windows 7 ultimate πάνω και Î*ναν σταθεÏ￾ÏŒ(amd64) πάλι με windows 7Ultimate( 64bit),το λαπτοπ...

Ok so I searched the whole internet for this but I still can't figure out what the problem is. I just want to send simple txt message between local computers. We are all in the same group "workgroup" but everytime I type: msg * "test message" I only get the message and noone else gets it. And...

Hi, Is it possible to setup the Win7 Firewall like this: every program will be allowed to access the local network (LAN), for example games will be able to play, and no program will be allowed to acess the internet. How can I do this?