The mobile app world of Windows 8 is teeming with apps that will enable you to connect with your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social network accounts easily and with the existence of the “People” app, everything that you used to do separately on your favorite browser  in previous Windows versions such as checking for […]

Nowadays, it is normal to find WiFi hotspots and access points anywhere especially in public places. Most people would even prefer bringing their own portable hotspot with them wherever they go. Everything has become possible especially in the advent of newer technologies but of course, all these stuff will require you to spend especially if […]

Traditionally, Windows users had to copy files from one computer or device to another using a portable storage device like a USB flashdrive. Others would prefer wireless file transfer like using bluetooth or a network connection however, most of these methods seemed lengthy and unsecure. In Windows 8, you don’t have to worry about these […]

One of the annoying things that a Windows user would ever encounter is setting up a wireless network and remembering the network key after a long time then typing it correctly, without any mistake in order to connect all the other netbooks, laptops, printers and other devices to it. This becomes a bigger problem especially […]

Computers that exist on a single network needs a system that would manage them to enable sharing and other content management methods through all devices. There are two structures to which small and medium network setups could belong. These are the Domain and Workgroup setups. Enterprise level networking structures often use Domains while smaller setups […]

On a previous tutorial, I have shown you how you can create a HomeGroup on your Windows 7 machine. Right now on this article we will be digging deeper to the details of the steps in managing the HomeGroup which you created previously so you can start taking advantage of the features and capabilities that […]

The HomeGroup was first introduced on Windows 7 and  is probably one of the most useful network and sharing feature that was ever developed by Microsoft. The HomeGroup feature is aimed at making any sharing and transferring process of files and other contents to different devices easier. Back in the days of the older versions […]

The Homegroup is one of the most useful networking feature on any Windows machine. It helps you share some stuff like files, folders and other devices that are on your computer to other users whom you added to the group. This process takes just a few clicks and the good thing is you don’t have […]

There are times that you need to disable Windows 7 or Windows 8’s sharing wizard so you can have a greater control on the way folders and libraries are shared. This scenario shouldn’t happen so often if you know how to use the Advanced Sharing feature of Windows. Using this sharing feature is quite complicated […]

To novice users, terms relating to some techie and network related stuff like “IP Address”sounds a bit confusing especially if your system and its network access requires you to identify it. IP Address or Internet Protocol Address is a set of numbers used to tag each device and identify its location on a network. Devices […]