When you are a system or network administrator, you may need to ping multiple IP addresses on the same series/or different networks for monitoring and troubleshooting purpose. There are many free GUI tools and scripts available to accomplish this task in Windows 10. Here I’m going to show my favorite methods and tools you can […]
How to Enable Ping Response in Windows 7/8.1/Vista Firewall? How to Block Too
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 […]
How to Enable ping in XP, Enable ICMP Requests Without Disabling Firewall
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, so obviously you can’t ping and get a proper reply […]
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 […]
Disable Ping Reply, Enable File Sharing in Windows XP
After my post on enable ping in Windows XP, I found lot of users reaching my article by searching on how to disable ping reply and enable file sharing in XP. This article explains how to disable ping (ICMP Echo) reply, enable file sharing in your computer and how to access shares from other computers. […]