Ars Technica

Windows 7 network browsing issues

I have a network consisting of 8-9 Windows 7 pro 64-bit machines, 6 XP pro machines, and 2 macs, and 2 Buffalo NAT servers,and on the windows 7 machines I am unable to browse all the machines on the ...
Ars Technica

Windows 7 network location problems.

I've got half a dozen Windows 7 Professional workstations setup in a class C network (using 192.168.1.x IP addresses) and they can ping each other fine, and see the networked printers OK. The only ...
PC World

Don’t like your Windows network name? Here’s how to change it

The first time you connect to a network on a Windows PC, the operating system will create a network profile and assign it a name. For Ethernet networks, Windows uses names like Network 1, Network 2, ...
Computerworld

The best ways to share files between Windows PCs

Microsoft wants you to use the cloud, but there are a lot of good options — including trusty old network file sharing and a little-known modern Windows feature. Remember the HomeGroup on Windows 7?