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Okay, I recently upgraded to Windows 7 from XP, (Completely wiped and reinstalled) I'm having a problem connecting two PCs with a crossover cable. They're in the same domain, and they're in the same homegroup. My setup is like this: My more powerful system is connected via straighthrough cable...

I'm struggling with this issue incredibly!.. heres my situation / info: Dell XPS 710 (purchased late 2006/early 2007) motherboard = nforce 590i SLI Sound = SB Fatality Platnium Champ edition Video = 7950 GX2 4 Gigs ram 2x SATA / RAID 160 Raptor WD (about 298 gigs) Quad Core 2.66ghz intel...

Greetings everybody! This post shall be about the strange new networking policies introduced in Windows 7, expecially concerning the Network Location Awareness Service, which, at the moment, tries to make my life a fair bit more difficult than it needed to be. Let me introduce you to a...

My Windows 7 creates two networks one domestic and one public, that causes that do not connect to the Internet. How can I permanently eliminate the public network? both use the same local area connection, it causes conflict. Thanks. Victor

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...

First off, Hi everyone! I was lucky (?) enough to get a win7 party pack but so far have had nothing but network issues. I have completely given up on wireless - its hopeless. Driver support from belkin is pretty lame. My issue now is that i am trying to connect my original (NOT 360) xbox...

Hi there, I am new to using Windows 7 and have a question some of you might have the answers for. I am using the build 7201 windows ultimate and have 4 different internet accounts that I use for various reasons. One of them is called a local account which I use when I play battlefield2 online...

I had a wireless connection, but cause of being far away from the router and cause of that having a bad connection I decided to buy an UTP cable and connect to the router with that. However I can't connect to the internet with that. I've everything shut down, including the router, plugged in the...

Hi, I am having trouble getting my second PC to connect to the internet through my first PC within the windows 7 environment. I am able to connect them as I describe within WinXP, but I want to establish if this means I will not be able to change OS. The hardware on both are compatible...

Hi there, i have been struggling for quite a while now trying to connect 2 WIN7 machines via a normal crossover network cable. All other posts etc that i have read for help, seems useless as i can not even change my network from public to home. Because of this i can not create a homegroup to...

Installed W7 on two laptops and created ad hoc network with Internet sharing enabled. Worked for a few days then stopped. Have tried to set it up again several times to no avail. Any ideas short of a clean install of W7? The host is connecting to the internet via an Option 3G Ultra Expresscard...

I've got Win7 beta 7100 networking with a public wireless network and a private LAN. I have two network adapters. The wireless network has to be set to obtain an IP automatically. In order to enable Internet access via the wireless network and file sharing via LAN, the IP on the LAN adapter has...

Hi, I'm using build 7100 on all machines involved. I have a home group setup and all of the computers I'm talking about have successfully joined the home group. I have one desktop computer at home. I have a portable which moves around. My networking is DSL -> NAT/Router/Wireless Access...

Hey everyone :) I'm going to start off by saying that I know for a fact this is -not- a hardware issue as this worked prior to my install of Win7. :) Just bear that in mind is all. Since making the upgrade to the Win7 RC, things are good. Active internet, use of the system, even tweaks...

If this has been covered before I’m sorry and could you direct me to where I can find the answer. I’ve just installed Windows 7 Build 7100 and I’m having problems with my network. I can connect to the internet with no problem, but not to my laptop. The laptop is...

Hello everyone. This is my first post and I just wanted to say hello and thank everyone in advance for their help. Getting down to the problem. I have been using Windows 7 beta since the public launch from build 7000 to my current 7077 x64 with no problems what so ever. About 2 weeks ago...

Whenever I think about how Microsoft is trying to present networking in Vista and Windows 7, I get so angry I can't even formulate a proper post asking for help. I mean, what with all this crap about homegroups and public/private networking, having several different ways to go about setting...

Ok, here is the problem. I have Windows XP installed on one hard drive and Windows Vista Ultimate on the other drive. On Windows XP with just Windows Firewall enabled, all of my ports are Stealth according to Shields UP! , but on Windows Vista Ultimate, some ports are open and others are just...