Archive for October, 2007

The Vista Network Map

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

The network map is a very cool new feature in Windows that allows you to visually see on your network is connected together.  It is part of the Networking & Sharing Center. Lets take a look at this cool new tool.

If you have been following along this week I am sure you are sick of […]

Public Folder Sharing

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

In my home we have around 5 computers and 3 computer users running at any one time. This sometimes makes for some confusing document management. On top of it these computers are all running various OS’es back to Windows 2000 because of hardware limitations and need. So when my wife wants to […]

Managing Network Discovery

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

One of the new features that Vista had in the networking areas was the concept of different types of networks you connect to. The three types of network are as follows:

Home
Work
Public Location

Not many people realize the ramifications of your choices when you make that first click. The biggest one being whether Network Discovery […]

Network & Sharing Center

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

This week I am going to focus on articles that have to do with the Network & Sharing Center. This control panel console is used to help home users in sharing resources on their home network. Much more robust then its XP counterpart it has some nifty new features that are helpful. […]

Limit the Number of Windows Displayed with Flip3D

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Flip3D was one of those cool WOW things that Vista marketing couldn’t show enough of. If you are using a low end machine and barely clearing the Aero performance bar you may want to limit the number of windows displayed to keep the performance hit to a minimum. If you haven’t seen it yet […]