I’m posting this as a answer for a question asked by Sysprobs reader. How to configure and setting up NFS share on Windows 7 and connect it to VMware ESX server as storage. Network File System (NFS) developed by Sun Microsystems to use in UNIX based systems.

To setup NFS share on earlier Microsoft Operating systems, you need a component called ‘Windows Services for UNIX (WSFU)’ which can be downloaded from Microsoft. But WSFU is not for Windows 7. So, creating NFS share on Windows 7 and allowing other UNIX based Operating Systems to access the share is not straight forward without third party utilities.  Read more...

Microsoft released a best network monitoring tool recently. Its an good idea  to use this product with your MS Operating systems since both from same place. This post explains how to monitor network traffic in windows 7 with latest Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4.

Sometimes, it will be very useful at home user level to check your network activity. When Windows 7 network slow, internet browsing very slow, connection problems and high network activity when you do nothing then this tool is very helpful.

Here is the way of Monitor Network Traffic in Windows 7

1) Download MS Network Monitor 3.4 from official site. ( Download correct version for x86 or x64)  Read more...

Network stumbler utilities are used to detect available wireless networks around you, get signal strength and some more details without connecting to them. Netstumbler is the famous software work well with Windows XP. But same application  disappointed me on Windows 7.  Its having some compatibility and network adapter issues. Here  is the best Network stumbler software for Windows 7 which works greatly.

inSSIDer is software you can use to detect wireless strength and details with windows 7.  Read more...

This article explains how to install admin pack for Windows 7 computer and start using. Even if you don’t have high end Windows 2008 servers but to manage small network from your windows 7 computer these admin pack tools help lot. Administration pack tools do not come with Windows 7. You have to download it from Microsoft site and install.

This administration tools pack allows doing most of the Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 server tasks from your Windows 7 computer.  Read more...

Remote Desktop feature helps to take control of other computers and work as you are sitting front of them. When it comes to Windows 7, you can’t connect remote desktop to windows 7 very easily because of security settings. This article explains how you can enable remote desktop connection in windows 7, so all versions including windows XP computer users can connect remotely to windows 7.

Check the following check lists to enable remote desktop in windows 7 for all versions of Windows.

1) Allow Connection for All versions.  Read more...

Windows 7 is a good OS from Microsoft after Windows XP (my opinion); it came with lot of new features and works really faster than Windows Vista. Windows 7 has Internet Explorer 8 which is good browser, but as usual you get problems with Internet explorer 8 in Windows 7 after some days.

After you installed third party software, add-ons, tool bars and plug ins to work with Internet explorer, you may get problems. Internet explorer in Windows 7 will start hang, or not respond or take time when open it. By restarting computer, or running system checks or deleting internet temporary files will not help you in this case.  The following one of the step may solve your internet explorer problem in windows 7.  Read more...

This post explains to enable windows 7 ping response firewall, so it can respond to all ping ICMP echo requests from other network resources.

Indication: ‘Request Time Out’ message from Windows 7 Computer and it’s not responding to ICMP echo requests from other network devices.
All network sharings are working but ping reply is not working , so how to enable ping reply in Windows 7?

Reasons: By default ICMP echo requests, used for ping command is blocked in Windows 7 firewall default settings.

Solutions:

1) Disable the firewall completely in windows 7, which is not recommended.  Read more...