By default Windows 8.1/7 and Vista come with built-in firewall enabled. In that case, it is not going to respond ping commands (ICMP requests) from other computers/servers on the network. Even though you can access network shares from your Windows OS desktop or laptop but still it will not respond to ping requests by saying […]
Windows 7 Network Slow – 6 Easy Ways to Make it Fast, Suitable for Windows 8.1 and 10 too
Though system and network performance are kept improving on every latest Windows OS and Windows updates, still the following methods will be helpful to make Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10 network faster. You might face network slowness issue on your Windows computer mostly when you try to access or make network communication (data transfer) […]
How to Ping Multiple IP Addresses in Same Time- Free Tool
Are you a system or network administrator? If you want to ping and monitor multiple IP addresses in your network at the same time, then it can be done easily with a Free Tool. Normally when we want to ping multiple IP addresses, we open command prompts and start pinging to each IP. But this free tool helps […]
[Fixed] Windows Vista Not Detecting Wireless Networks – How to Fix the Wireless Adapter Issue
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If you are still using Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, then you may be facing wireless network issue as described in this post. Recently I have faced a strange problem with my windows vista laptop which failed to detect any wireless networks around my place even though I was in the range of few wireless […]
Windows 7 Network With XP – File Sharing Between XP and Windows 7
This article explains how to make windows 7 network with XP file sharing files between XP and windows 7. By default windows 7 network comes with more secure than windows xp. So, we have to do some work around to enable printer and file sharing in windows 7. Before stat file sharing , make sure both […]
If Windows Vista Network is Slow, Try These Steps – Part 2
This is the second part of our earlier guide how to make Windows Vista network faster. Here you will find additional steps which can be tried if you still face network slowness on you Windows Vista laptop or desktop. As we said earlier, the latest network technology introduced in Vista OS creates trouble in network […]
Network Slow in Windows Vista – How to Fix it and Make it Faster.
Indications:
Accessing network shares of file is very slow
Copying network shares in vista computer is slow or stopped.
Resolving computer or network resource names with DNS taking time or not working.
and some more……
Reason :
This is because of some new network functions in Vista. Microsoft tried some different technology in vista network to make things easy, but finally it failed. It is not a common problem for all vista computers, if your computer has latest service packs, patches and hot fixes, you may not face these above problems.