Though Microsoft doesn’t make a big deal of Windows 7’s many networking improvements and new features, they offer a fine reason to upgrade from XP. There used to be many reasons to skip migrating to ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Whether at home or at the office, networking has gone mainstream. Once upon a time, a computer had value as a stand-alone machine running applications, but that time has passed. Without an ability to ...

Windows 7 has implemented a few new things when it comes to how PCs are networked. Reassuringly, it has kept a few old chestnuts that date back to Windows 98 for those of us that are slow to change.

After spending several weeks putting the first public Beta version of Windows 7 (officially known as the Customer Preview Program) — which I must say is quite solid and stable — through its paces, I ...

AirTight's Gupta says new Wi-Fi features with Windows 7 can lead to security headaches Traditional rogue access point scenario in a network Windows 7 rogue access point scenario in a network Equipped ...

Wireless printers not only eliminate one more cable from your desk, they also allow unfettered access to a printer even if it is several yards away. There are two types of wireless printers you can ...

Its pretty essential for me to keep my photos synchronized between my laptop and desktop. Some of these shoots can result in 10+GB of photos. I recently upgraded both computers to Windows 7x64. The ...

Microsoft’s massive security update last week included patches for nine Windows 7 vulnerabilities, far fewer than were issued for Windows Vista and Windows XP. Microsoft last week patched nine ...

My wife got a new PC with Win7. The printers are shared from her machine. They can be seen from the other machines in the house, which are all XP. I added the printers as new printers on the XP ...