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  1. Windows 7 Could networking be any worse?

    Windows 7 networking sucks. There is just no arguing that point. With my 3 XP machines it's as easy as right clicking the drive you want to share, click share and you're done. Apart from the fact that they've done everything they could to make 7 as difficult as possible to share MY files with MY...
    • sirloyne
    • Thread
    • computer file sharing frustration network network issues router troubleshooting user experience windows 7 xp machines
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  2. Windows 7 Windows 7, xp, win2k3 network issues

    I am trying to access a network share at my workplace and am unable with the windows 7 machines. With the XP machines I can hit \\x3400 and \\10.10.1.x and accessed shared folders. With Win7 I can hit \\10.10.1.x but \\x3400 gives me the ol' unspecified MS error 0x80004005. Firewalls are...
    • jcrewe
    • Thread
    • access denied connection issues error error 0x80004005 file sharing firewall hosts file name resolution network network access network issues resources shares troubleshooting windows 2003 windows 7 windows xp workplace xp machines
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Networking

  3. Windows 7 Network Discovery Issue -- Blue Screen!

    Hi Everyone I have been having a problem with my pc since I bought it a couple of months ago -- frequent blue screen crashes. It is a Win7 x64 system. I figured out that the crashes were usually caused when another computer was trying to access files over the network (I have a number of XP...

  4. Windows 7 Windows 7 PC was in workgroup and it went away

    I had created a network with my XP machines. I'd shared files and the network was working both ways. Today it just disappeared in the middle of the day. The other machines can't see the 7 machine. It can't see the XP machines. The Networks still appears in the control panel and...
    • bpickartz
    • Thread
    • computer setup file sharing home network network network issues pc troubleshooting troubleshooting windows 7 workgroup xp machines
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 Window 7 stops seeing and connecting to networks with the passage of time...

    Hi all, I've got a dell studio xps 1350 laptop running win 7 ultimate. At home, I have a Verizon wireless modem that connects my simple home network together (not domain, just work group), which has three other XP machines /and a lap top connected to. I have no problem with the xp...
    • drdoug
    • Thread
    • access cat 5 cable connection issues dell eset firewall home network laptop modem network office network reinstall reset software troubleshooting uac verizon windows 7 wireless xp machines
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 Change workgroup name in Windows 7?

    Hi all, I'm stumped in trying to change the workgroup name in Windows 7 Build 7057. I think this is why Windows 7 can't see the XP machines on my network. Any help appreciated. Thanks much!

  7. Windows 7 Delete a network... name and all

    When I set up W7, my first working connection was to my wireless network... Hyperion. That may have been a mistake. I have 4 Xp machines that on full share that I can't see from the W7 machine because it's decided that both the RJ45 connection and the wireless network are the same. I've tried...
    • Tazcada
    • Thread
    • connection issues hyperion network permissions sharing windows 7 wireless workgroup xp machines
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Networking

  8. Windows 7 Cant see XP PC's on Network

    I put W7 on my Toshiba Satellite P205D-S7429. This is my work Laptop, and i have to connect to a workgroup. There is 1 Vista machine and 7 XP machines. I can see the Vista machine and i can install 2 shared printers off XP machines, but for some reason no matter what i do i cant see any of the...
    • bulabone
    • Thread
    • build 6801 build 7000 laptop network printer toshiba windows 7 windows vista workgroup xp machines
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking