About this tag
The network search tag on WindowsForum.com covers issues related to searching for network resources, including shared drives, wireless networks, printers, and servers. Discussions include problems with Windows 11 cumulative updates breaking SMB search on network drives, difficulties connecting USB wireless adapters and finding Wi-Fi networks, failures in installing WSD printers via Print Management console's network search, and challenges linking Windows 7 PCs to a Windows Small Business Server 2011. These threads highlight troubleshooting steps for network discovery, driver issues, and configuration errors that prevent successful network searches in Windows environments.
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    Windows 11 KB5068861 Update: Fixes, but SMB Search and Install Issues Loom

    Microsoft’s November cumulative update for Windows 11, shipped as KB5068861, fixes an odd Task Manager lifecycle bug and a handful of other reliability problems — but it has also arrived with a fresh set of headaches for some users, including installation failures and broken search across...
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    Windows 7 ALFA USB wireless adapter

    AWUS036NH USB wireless Adapter used to work for me. After reinstalling Windows 7 64 bit awhile back.. then I lost the driver. I have gone to Ralink and installed the recommended chipset/driver RT3070 but I cannot get it to work. The adapter shows up in the device manager fine. The software from...
    • rivereed
    • Thread
    • 64-bit alfa chipset compatibility connection issues device manager drivers hardware network network search reinstall rt3070 software solutions support troubleshooting usb adapter windows 7 wireless
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 Trying to link up to SBS 2011 on home network

    Sorry if I'm in the wrong place but just stuck looking for help... I've got a home network with Homegroup working fine across three /four machines & printers I've just installed a small test server and loaded Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS2011) I've tried connecting to this server...
    • sadjonvee
    • Thread
    • backup computer visibility connection issues error home network homegroup local network network network search network sharing printer sharing remote desktop sbs2011 server connection tech support test server user experience windows 7 windows server
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support