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 …
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For some reasons, if you are still using Windows XP, this guide will be useful to enable ping response in Windows XP. When the Windows firewall is on (the default settings) in XP computer, it will not respond to ping requests from other computers or network devices, …
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I’m posting this as an answer for a question asked by Sysprobs reader. How to configure and set up NFS share on Windows 7 and connect it to VMware ESX server as storage. Here I explain the steps I did in my test lab to …
Read moreSet up NFS Share on Windows 7/8.1/10 with Hanewin NFS and Connect to VMware vSphere
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Read moreInternet Explorer Problems in Windows 7 – Stuck, hang or taking time