network discovery

Hello. I have a MSI wind Notebook 100U (Realtek wireless card) that connects perfectly in my WEP home network. It also connects nice with others WEP networks and with most cabled network. I had installed Windows 7 three month ago. When it ran Windows XP I had no problems to connect with WPA...

I'm hoping that one of you geniuses can stop me from having to take drastic action and reimage my brand new pc......heres the problem. (by the way, I have read, reread and read some more on how to fix it but to no avail.) I have a new PC running Win7 Home Premium. I also have an old laptop...

Hi Guys, I have a Zensonic Network Media Player which I'm having trouble getting it to see the Windows 7 shares and I believe the problem is with Windows 7. Basically all the Zensonic unit does is look at anything on the network in the same workgroup and then shows any shared drives. I have...

Hi, Can anyone help please, i'm currently looking for a pistol to put to my head!!! I cant map network drives between my Windows vista business and Windows 7 ultimate machines. They will both see each other in the netork map in explorer but when i try to map them i get an access denied message...

got two pc's at home both running win7. When i click on homegroup on either pc, i get the option to create a homegroup, never to join. Both pc's see each other on the network - they show up under network. but under homegroup they appear to be invisible to each other. Both pc's have IP4 and...

Having trouble with one computer on my network. I have 4 computers in the network, 2 desktops, and 2 laptops. 3 are running Win7 Home Premium, 1 is running XP sp3. 3 of the computers have no trouble accessing the other machines. (one of these is the XP machine). But my desktop machine (Win7)...

I'm trying to read alot of posts here and while many of the problems are familiar, I'm not seeing my answer so far. I have a new Win 7 PC. I have an existing two XP PC home network. The existing network successfully shares files and a printer. Integrating the new Win 7 PC into my network, I have...

Hi all, This is a question that everyone who has been around computers alot should know..however I am having a problem with it. I have never networked two or more computers together. I have a desktop with Win XP and a printer hard wired to it. This pc is also hardwired to my Linksys router. I...

Have two computers, one is a tablet running Vista on a domain network, the other is my desktop running W7 on a home private network. I was FINALLY able to connect to my Desktop shares but only by typing the IP address of the Desktop shared folder from the Vista tablet. Both computers can see...

I have Windows 7 64 bit and a D-link dir 300 router connected to internet through an pppoe. When booting the PC there are 2 connection: "RDS" (my real connection), "unidentified network". I have to manually disable the LAN connection and enable it to connect to internet. When I do this it...

I'm trying to setup file sharing between a Windows 7 and Vista. In Windows 7 I go to Network and Sharing Center > Advanced Sharing Settings and check Turn on Network Discovery and Turn on File and Printer Sharing, however whenever I click save settings it doesn't apply. I go back to Advanced...

I have two PC connected using a CROSSOVER Ethernet cable (Cat5E) without a Hub , Switch or Router. first PC connected to internet through D-Link DSL-200 USB ADSL WAN Modem . First PC network adapters: 1-Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) 2-D-Link DSL-200 USB...

Hi! I'm having trouble sharing my files between two Windows 7 computers, one 32-bit and one 64-bit but both build 7100. I've got the comps connected in a LAN with a Linksys WRT54G ver. 6 router (updated firmware). The two comps are in the same Homegroup, with the network discovery, file...

I was able to see the workgroup MSHOME computers for 5 minutes. After I rebooted the computer, I couldn't see any of them. However, \\ip_address\ or \\ip_address\share_name works. Network discovery on the network is slow (on the Windows 7 computer)...it takes 45 seconds to detect all the...

I have a Win 7/64 7100 and a Win 7/32 7100. My 64 bit platform set up the homeGroup just fine. My 32 bit Dell Dimension 4700 4 GB ram, after some time, displays the error message "Windows Cannot Setup HomeGroup on This Computer" I ran the networking troubleshooter and the HomeGroup...

I recently decided to try upgrading my XP machine to Windows 7, and everything seems to work fine except one thing. I used to share a partition of my Vista notebooks HD, and I just had to set permission for the XP user on the vista drive and I could access the laptop HD partition without any...

When I first installed Windows 7 64-bit build 7100, it immediately detected all my network devices/computers. Over the past few days it has ceased to quit detecting the computers on my network and my PS3, but works fine, with no issues what so ever with my XBOX 360. Here is the hardware I'm...

Hi, I am having major networking issues. I’ve two systems that I’m trying to network. One’s a laptop running Windows 7 Beta (Build 7057) and the other is a desktop running Windows XP Pro SP3. I’ll detail the problem first, and then describe what I’ve...

Alright here is where I stand: 1. Wired Desktop x32 win 7 (build 7057) 2. Wireless Laptop x32 win 7 (build 7057) 3. Just put clean OS on to them this week 4. Connections > Properties > IPv6 Enable on both PCs 5. Both connect to Internet 6. Both use same router to connect...

Hey everyone, new here, and hope someone out here can help me. I am trying to set up sharing files between me trusty old x-box (not a 360, but chiped) and my windows7 pc. used to work great, but since my hd crshed and i had to replace it it doesn't. have selected the folders i want to share on...