xp comparison

I've setup the basics, I.e: Ip address, default gateway, etc. But for the hell of me, it doesnt network! I cant see my desktop through my laptop and vice versa. Is it much different to network as it was from the XP days?

I have the above system. I need to display from my computer onto two tvs. One has rca and s video in the other only has a video in. This is for movie watching. I prever to watch the movies on the tv screens and still have my computer to browse. In the past on xp my problem was what ever was on...

I have a share database by two Windows 7 pcs (server is home premium ,client is Windows 7 basic) My problem : when i want to access program database from client it takes more than 2 min. How can i fix it because if pcs are XP there is no slow access time Thank you.

IE8 is not remembering what I type in search bar. Also nothing is being remembered that I type into web pages ie user names etc. I hate to mention XP again but I could fix it there, can't find a way round it with 7 though. Thanks.

I don't know what causes that. Recently switched to Win7 from XP & I can't understand why my PC starts lagging so bad after a few hours of use & forces me to reboot. I got 2 gb of RAM (which is enough). I do the usual stuff.. browse web, watch movies & play games mostly. But after a few hours of...

I would like to un-protect a specific file in a Program Files (x86) subfolder, which the system will not allow me to change without requiring administrative approval (UAC). Is this possible? The file is C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\Firefox.js, and I need the system login...

Ok, so i'm having the problem of some programs taking forever to install. I.e I started the install of power dvd, it took like 7min to pop up the window to say Next.\ I installed the 1.2patch of CoD W@W and it took a while, and used 500MB of ram. Thats crazy? or am i just being stupid...