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    Windows 7 Cannot ping nodes

    Hi All, Setup as follows: Thomson Speedtouch 585 on 192.168.1.254 PC w/ Windows 7 wired on .72 Laptop w/ Windows 7 wireless on .66 Xbox 360 wired on .64 iPhone wireless on .68 Internet works fine on all devices. Have got the 360 set up using the PC as Media Center which is working fine and...
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    Windows 7 unable to setup wireless ad hoc (computer-to-compuer) connection

    hi i am using hp dv5 windows 7 ultimate 32 bit .. i am using 3g internet modem to surf the web. and in my office system with vista i am using the same modem. problem is in office i can easily share internet of the system to enable other systems to access net wirelessly but in house on my win 7 i...
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    Windows 7 AD HOC internet sharing problem

    hi sorry if there's another thread with the same title actually the problem i am facing is whenever i creat an ad hoc connection, and clik on sahre internet connection, i get a msg that YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PRIVILEGES TO DO SO how can i resolve that, i have tried doing it manually but...
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    Windows 7 Trying to map/share a drive on an xp machine and to access it on win7

    Hi. Setup: 1. Windows 7 Home Prem - (PC-A) This is my new machine 2. Windows XP Pro SP2 - (PC-B) This is my old machine which will end up being my server 3. Windows XP Pro SP3 - (PC-C) This is my netbook All three are connected wirelessly to a Wifi router. I'm quiet new to...
  5. Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Network: The network name cannot be found

    I have a PC running XP with a Western Digital My Book external drive connected to it. My laptop running Windows 7 (and my daughter's netbook running Vista) can no longer access the WD hard drive. The rest of my network works fine (all three computers have internet access and can access the...
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    Windows 7 AD HOC/ Wireless Connection Sharing

    Hello, im new here. To start off I am not trying to share internet connection, none of the computers have internet. They are not connected to Modems or Routers. The desktop(Host) has a USB Wireless adapter and is runing XP. The laptop(Client) has built in wireless card and is running Windows 7...
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    Windows 7 Why can't my wireless laptop and PC access each other on my Home Network?

    Hi, I'm new to Windows 7 and networking but have an ASUS wireless laptop connected to my home PC by a Netgear ADSL modem/wireless router (DG834GVv2). Both systems are running Windows 7 - 32 bit and can both access the internet. They are both in the same Home Group and have everything ticked...
  8. Windows 7 Xbox 360 as Media Center extender

    My flat-mate purchased one of the new "slim" 360's the other day and though I had no interest in it, I found that it is a convenient way of using the Sky Player rather than having to physically go over to the media pc and use their software, or search endlessly and without result for a way...
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    Windows 7 share select Win 7 folders with OS X

    Hello everyone! I'm new here, and thought this was the place to find some help! My problem: I want to be able to share select folders on my computer with my roommate, so he can see them and read them from his computer. The only problem is, he has a mac (I know, quite unfortunate). I want to be...
  10. Windows 7 File Transfer between PC/Laptop and Streaming to Xbox 360

    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...
  11. Windows 7 Can see shared files but can't access them Laptop on network

    I know this has probably been covered previously but I haven't fixed my problem yet. On my original setup the Desktop PC (Windows 7) talks to the old Laptop (Windows XP) perfectly OK. I've just bought a new laptop with Windows 7, configured the Network to MSHOME (same as on existing...
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    Windows 7 No networking - new Windows 7 computer - TCP/IPv4 and TCP/IPv6 - Odd IPCONFIG results

    No networking - new Windows 7 computer - TCP/IPv4 and TCP/IPv6 - Odd IPCONFIG results ----------------- The computer is Windows-7 64-bit. I'm on Comcast - cable-modem. The router is a DLink gaming router. I've bypassed the router - that didn't help. I've been stuggling with this for days -...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 Pier to Pier Network

    I recently purchased a Lexmark wireless printer, the spftware was vista I downloaded the new Win 7 software. Inastalled everything no isues and use Verizon 3G wireless for internet access. I tried to set up a pier to pier network to communicate with the printer. Mu computer network...
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    Windows 7 Networking different Windows versions

    I have the network all set up and working OK. I can access the computer using Win XP from this computer using Windows Seven, but when I try to access the Windows Seven computer from the XP computer, a dialog box asks for a username and password. I have absolutely no idea what username I'm...
  15. Windows 7 Win7 Networking

    I am having problems Setting up Password Protected Folders on a Home network.. Hoping someone here might be able to Answer a Few Q's. Info: I have 4 Pc's Acer Aspire Laptop (win7)/ Custom made XFX game Boxes(Win7) / x2 Old Dell Boxes (XP pro) All 4 are connected by cat5 to a Linksys 5-port...
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    Windows 7 Hub Network (2-3 XP Pro + 1 Win 7), Win 7 Internet Share

    Tried and Tired Connecting 2-3 XP Pro PCs and 1 Windows 7 PC Ultimate to a "Linksys EFAH05W 5 Port Hub". My Neighbor and I share a wireless routher "DLink WBR-2310" I have set-up the Windows 7 PC as my main "Host" Computer, it has two network adapters 1. "Intel Pro 10/100 VE Network...
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    Windows 7 ZD WLAN (Retail Plus Wireless Adapter) Not Working

    I've just bought a new computer with a 64-bit Windows 7, and I can't get online with it because my old Retail Plus IEEE 802.11b/g Mini Wireless USB Adapter, which worked fine with my old Windows XP computer, doesn't seem to be compatible with my new one. I've plugged in the adapter and used the...
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    Windows 7 Problem on Firewall Windows 7

    Hi I am trying to make a network between two machines. One is set with Windows 7 and other with Linux. When I make a Ping from Windows to Linux it works ok, in other hand from Linux to Windows it doesn't work. I set the Windows Firewall Down and the Ping from Linux to Windows worked good, but...
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    Windows 7 How to connect 2 PCs directly using crosscable?

    Hi all, my 1st post here. :) I'm trying to connect 2 PCs running win7 using a crosscable. They're both on the 64-bit version currently, but I'll be shifting to 32-bit soon. I've connected a cat-6 crosscable to the onboard NICs on both PCs. One has an asus M3A78-EM board, and the other is an...
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    Windows 7 Media distribution with Win7

    I'm looking to do a little media distribution in my house and believe the Windows 7 will give me the ability to do what I want, but I'm not sure whether I want to use media center or media player or some combo of the two. Here's what I want to do. I have my media sitting on a windows home...