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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn how to put AppLocker, BitLocker to Go, security accounts, and other key Windows 7 security improvements to good use Windows 7 has been warmly received and swiftly adopted by businesses, with the ...

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 ...

So, I had a user who had a number of networked file shares as mounted drives on his machine. These could all be searched by file name, date, etc. in your standard Windows 7 search box in the upper ...

Windows 7 has reached end of life and now isn't supported by Microsoft. It means businesses and consumers with PCs running on Windows 7 – which was introduced in 2009 – will no longer receive ...