Win7 sharing "breaks" when I move a file to the shared location
Hi - I'm stumped. Why does Win7's networking/sharing have to be infinitely more complicated than XP was? I have a computer running Win7 Home x64 that I call "fileserver". My main day-to-day machine is...
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Hello all, I have just started using a satellite internet connection. It's up and running well. In order to get some of the bundle of cables cleaned out of the way and hopefully faster internet speeds,...
View ArticleCannot port forward(AT&T), pulling my hair out!
I tried everything, disabling the router's SPI firewall, disabling Windows private and public firewalls, creating a new inbound rule in Windows Firewall, enabling DMZ. Port forwarding refuses to work....
View ArticleThe cmd command to show the all the connected machines on network
The cmd command to show the all the connected machines on the network, Im looking for a command that is executed from the cmd (attached) to show all the connected machines on the network Thank you...
View ArticleNo right click option for offline files.
Hi all, Im having some trouble with offline files. I have enabled it on both my home server and laptop (well, in virtualbox on Win 7 Enterprise image file) but the option to actually make folders...
View ArticleUsing different internet connection for each apps, how to?
Hello, let's say i want to use my connections this way : 1/ Chrome - Internal wlan 2/ Firefox - Internal lan 3/ Opera - USB Wlan Of course this is just an exemple. Of course all connection are different.
View ArticleCannot connect to any NEW WiFi Networks - only existing...
Running Win7 Ultimate 32bit here Am unable to connect to any _NEW Wifi Networks_ that are detected. The WiFi Adapter sees them just fine - just cannot connect to them. However _am able to connect to...
View ArticleDown/Upload Speed Increase on Switch User Screen
I hope to find some explanation and tweak for this here. I frequently upload files to the net, which usually takes a while. My connection goes through a VPN. Whenever I put my Win 7 Home Premium on the...
View ArticleSolved Cannot view other computers on network
I finally got windows 7 all setup on this computer, but I cannot view my other computer through the network. I was trying to setup a homegroup, but it's not recognized. So I decided that sharing files...
View ArticleFile access XP to 7 keeps "stalling"
I have a Win7 (64-bit) desktop machine on which I keep most of my data. I access files and folders from my XP(32) laptop. This has been working quite well for a year or more. A couple of days ago I...
View ArticleSolved Windows Firewall Blocking Network Discovery and File Sharing
I have a wired network consisting of 3 Windows 7 Profesional computers and one WHS server. My network configuration has been in place for over 2-years without an issue. One of my Windows 7 computers...
View ArticleWin 7 Cannot Access one of 4 computers on LAN
I've tried every sharing thing I can including turning off the firewall and other services. I'm stumped. My main machine can "see" my AV Server and its drives but "cannot access....." any of the...
View ArticleHow do you search on shared drive?
In a small office (about 50 staff members) we have a shared drive on Windows Server 2008 R2. The file server is virtual machine on Hyper-V. The shared drive is mapped to every users account. And the...
View ArticlePrinting from ipad over network with FingerPrint 2 on Windows 7 PC ..
Greetings to one and all ... It's bad enough trying to get Windows 7 & XP machines networked together (spent looooong hours trying then found excellent help/tut HERE...
View ArticleExperts please explain the bandwidth overhead to me!
Hi geeks. Not an issue, just something I would like to understand. Have been testing backups to cloud which of course will benefit from higher UL speeds. Test scenario: Test PC uses a dedicated line...
View ArticleSharing Files without Admin Rights
I would like to share a folder on a USB drive at work. (File sharing has been disabled) I don't have admin rights and I'm wondering if there is a way to do this. Is there possibly a third party file...
View ArticleDuplicate SSID, Sporadic connection
Not sure how to describe this best.....I purchased a new laptop and router about a year ago. Six months ago we had a nearby lightning strike which runined the router. I replaced it with the exact same...
View ArticleWhat precautions should I take when using a public network?
Besides using a VPN connection when using a public WIFI, what other precautions should I take? Let's say I'm connected to the WLAN but not surfing the net, is Windows firewall enough to protect me?
View ArticleCannot turn on Network Discovery and File Sharing
My computer was infected with some trojans. I managed to clean it up with Microsoft Security Essentials and Spybot S&D. It's running much more smoothly now, but I'm still having one annoying...
View ArticleProblems with Internet connections and connectivity to servers.
Hello, I haven't posted here before so please excuse any noob-ish errors. At the moment and over the past year I have been having scattered problems with my computer's Internet connection. The problems...
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