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[Kimbro]

Just in case anyone here is having problems with networking windows 7.
I just took delivery of a new computer with windows 7 home premium installed [cable] and networked it with another desktop computer with Vista [cable] and a laptop with XP pro [wireless].

All the computers are connected via a gateway and a wireless 64bit encrypted switch.

Windows 7 has a neat way of creating a "homegroup" network - but only if all your computers are running windows 7.

To create a home network using computers with different Operating systems installed the first step is to set all your computers to the same workgroup name.

I also created  the same user name and password on all the computers and the trendmicro internet security system that I am using.

At this stage I could see all the computers and their protection through the Trend Micro Network Map.
However I could only see and connect to the computer running Vista, via the network map on windows 7.

At this stage I went to the microsoft help forum [plenty of folks having problems networking win7 to computers with different OS.At this stage no sensible solutions found there.]

I found out that to see my laptop running windows Xp on the win 7 network map needed an install of Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder.

This is an easy install if you are running win XP SP2 - but not if you are running win XP SP3, as I am.

To cut a long story short when unpacking the exe file via CMD you are warned that your computer will be reverted back to SP2 during the install.

Not wanting that to happen I aborted the install, actually all that this instal does is enable you to see the computer on the

win7 network map - it has nothing to do with connectivity or file sharing.

My solution was changing the network address within the network adaptor on my win7 computer to the switch's ISP address.

Created a new password protected driveletter for my shared folders that I access through "Work Network" not "homegroup" on win 7

Everything is working great.

Of course my laptop still does not apear on the "Network Map" in win 7 as I aborted the install of the LLTD but I can live with that.

Hope this helps anyone who is having the same problems that I had with this function.

Cheers,

Kitty.

[KirkhamsEbooks.com]

I can already envision the new Mac commercial

Rick

[Kimbro]

Hi Rick,
Take a look at the microsoft forum on this topic - people are fuming.
You're right about the Mac commercial - micro has left themselves wide open here.
Cheers,
Kitty.

[Kimbro]

Tips n Tricks XP - Vista - Windows 7

Splitting two application windows (side by side) across your widescreen
XP / Vista / Windows 7 – open two application windows only, right click on the taskbar and select tile vertically or show windows side by side

Windows 7 – click and hold the top bar of the first application and drag it off the left side of the screen. It should redisplay as the left half of the screen. Then similarly drag the second application off to the right. It should redisplay as the right half of the screen. (this is very easy in practice).

Searching (your computer)
Windows XP – elementary search – open My Computer click on the search button in the toolbar, then define your search

Windows Vista – broad based search – click on start menu type your query into search field. Results will be listed above

Windows 7 – detailed search – click on start menu type your query into search field. Detailed results will be sorted into categories above.

Cheers,

Kitty.