I am using windows firewall on both pc's and I have not downloaded any AV software, have only what came with the PC's, the win 7 is a new pc with only the things on it that came with, hardly any software. I am using free antivirus on both pc's, win7 has Avast & laptop have Avia
I put in the settting on both pc's to have it password protected as there are other people on the network. Vista has a password and the brief time the 2 pc's saw each other I was able to get into my laptop (vista32 bit) files from my win7 desktop but I have not put a password on the win 7 desktop yet. I would prefer no password but then others on the network could get into my files right? As of right now neither pc is seeing each other.
yes the win7 desktop is connected to my D-Link router
now after doing a disk clean up and scan on my laptop, the 2 pc's can see each other, I wonder how long it will last.
It is very late here,closing down for nite will check in am & see if pc's still see each other
Good morning.
I know nothing about D Link routers so here's how I setup my Laptop on my router.
I wire connected Laptop to my Netgear DGN2000, accessed the setup page, changed the SSID and set a password for WPA2. I then went to the wireless settings, and added my Laptop's MAC address to the trusted list of the Access Control setting.
Have a look at this screenshot, in particular the information on password-protected sharing.
Neither pc can see each other again and what is even stranger on my win 7 I have 2 computers listed mine with all the files and Owner-pc which has a password on it, says domain is listed as my win7. I'm gonna turn off the password and see what that is. My laptop is not listed on the win 7 & win7 is not listed on the laptop.
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