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  • Delete Wireless Network Profile – Windows 7 Tips



    INFORMATION:



    This article will show you how to delete wireless network profiles on your Windows 7 computer




    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.
    2) Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.


    3) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, proceed to click Manage wireless networks on left panel.

    4) Manage Wireless Networks window will appear, and here you can see all available wireless network connection profiles. Select the profile you don’t use anymore, click on Remove to delete the selected profile. That’s it!
    Note: Some explanation on profile icons! 2 big computers icon means infrastructure or access point network (you will connect to the wireless network via access point or wireless router). That 3 connected mini computers icon means ad hoc wireless network (the computers will connect to each others directly and wirelessly).
    Note: You can click Add to add new wireless network profile.
    Note: Please also note that the network profile that located at higher position will have higher priority. As an example, home-network will be connected instead of nicole-network if both networks are in connecting range due to higher priority on home-network profile. You can click on Move up/Move down to change the priority.

    5) If you want to view and change the wireless network profile setting, just double click on the profile. The profile setting window will appear, and you can view/make change by checking on Connection and ` tabs.


  • Connect to Wireless Network – Windows 7 Tips



    INFORMATION:

    This article will show you how to connect your Windows & machine to wireless network


     
    Before we start, ensure that WLAN AutoConfig Service is started, so that we can use the Windows 7 build-in wireless network connection tool to connect to wireless network.


    1) Ok, let’s start, just notice the icon that looks like ladder on you right hand corner taskbar, it’s network icon. If it’s attached with a sun, usually means it detects wireless networks.
    2) Just click on that network icon, it will show all detected wireless networks with signal strength, the more green bars the stronger wireless signal. The details of detected wireless network (SSID, signal strength, security type, radio type) will be shown if you move over mouse cursor for 1 second on the selected network.
    Note: If the detected wireless network is hidden network (SSID broadcast is disabled), it will be shown as Other Network.
    Note: If there is orange bubble and exclamation mark on wireless network symbol, that is open or unsecured wireless network without any wireless encryption.
    Note: Feel free to press refresh button to re-detect wireless network.

    Note: Please note that the detected network list will be appeared too if you click on Connect to a network in Network and sharing Center.

    3) Click on the wireless network you wish to connect to, it will be expanded as shown below. Check Connect automatically option if you want this network to be connected automatically next time. Proceed to click Connect.

    4) If the wireless network is secured network with wireless encryption, the following window will appear, you need to key in wireless encryption key, after that click OK.
    Note: If the wireless network is unsecured network, your computer will be connected to wireless network immediately.
    Note: If the wireless network you try to connect is Other network (hidden network – SSID broadcast is disabled), you are requested to key in SSID info too before connecting to wireless network.

    5) Finally, you will see the following white wireless network icon once it’s connected to wireless network. You can now proceed to access Internet or other computers!

    Note:If you right click the connected wireless network and click Properties, you will be able to see the connection setting of this network and you can make further configuration.


  • Starting WLAN AutoConfig Service – Windows 7 Tips

    INFORMATION:


    WLAN AutoConfig service is built-in tool in Windows 7 that can be used to detect and connect to wireless network, of course you need to have wireless adapter installed on computer. This built-in wireless network connection tool is the same as what you use in Windows Vista, and is similar to wireless zero configuration tool in Windows XP.





    If you do not activate this service, you need to use the other wireless utility which is provided by wireless adapter manufacturer in order to connect to wireless network. Personally I prefer to use this built-in wireless network connection tool as I don’t have to learn about different wireless utilities for different wireless adapters.
    1) Go to Start and right click Computer. Select and click Manage.

    2. Computer Management window will appear. Under Services and Applications, click on Services.
    Note: This is the other way to get to this Services window: Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
    3. Scroll down and select WLAN AutoConfig. Check whether it is started

    4. Double-click the service and its properties window will appear. If the startup type is not set to automatic, click on the dropdown arrow and change it to Automatic and click Start to start the service if it’s not started. Click OK at last.

    Note: If you don’t start this service, there is no Manage wireless networks option available for you to detect or manage wireless network in Network and Sharing Center window unless you use other wireless utility.
    Computer with this built-in wireless network connection service started:

    Computer without this built-in wireless network connection service started:


  • Checking Network or Wireless Adapter Driver Status in Windows 7

    INFORMATION:
    This article will show you how to check network or wireless Adapter Driver Status in Windows 7

    HERE’S HOW:

    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.


    2) Control Panel window will appear, click Hardware and Sound.


    Note: If you view Control Panel by Large Icons or Small Icons, you can just double click the Device Manager.

    3) Click on Device Manager in Hardware and Sound window.

    4) The Device Manager will appear, then locate and expand Network adapters and right click the network or wireless adapter you want to check, finally click on Properties.

    5) The network or wireless adapter properties window will appear, your driver works well if it shows This device is working properly under General tab. You can also manually configure network adapter’s driver parameters under Advanced tab.

    Note: If your device does not work well, click on Driver tab to check driver details, update driver, rollback driver, disable driver or uninstall driver.

  • Connect Two Computers Wirelessly in Windows 7



    INFORMATION:

    In order to connect two computers, now you need to configure ad hoc wireless setting on Windows 7 computer A, so that computer B can connect to it wirelessly, after that you can proceed to share file or printer.






    HERES HOW:

    On Windows 7 Computer A:

    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.
    2) Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.

    3) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, proceed to click on Set up a new connection or network.

    4) Set Up a Connection or Network window will appear, select Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network option and click Next.

    5) You will see some explanation on this wireless ad hoc network. Please note that both computers must be within 30 feet of each other in order to connect successfully! Click Next.

    6) Here you need to fill up the details of this ad hoc network. Name your network, select security type and set security key if needed. Click Save this network option too, so that can manage it later. Click Next.
    Note: Although you can choose No authentication (open), WEP and WPA2-Personal as security type, but I advise you to use WPA2-Personal as this is the most secure security type.

    7) A window will be shown to tell you that the ad hoc wireless network is in the creation process. Finally this window will show you the created ad hoc wireless network with name and security key info, and this info is needed for other computers to connect to this ad hoc network.

    Note: You can always go back to Network and Sharing Center window, and click on manage wireless networks option to further manage this ad hoc wireless network.

    8) Let’s move to computer B, search for available ad hoc wireless network and connect to it.

    9) Once the connection is established, you are prompted to select network location type and/or homegroup on computer A. I will usually select Home network as network location type as the other connected computer is trusted computer. It’s ok if you do not want to create homegroup.
    At this point, you should be able to connect two computers and ping the other connected computer, finally proceed to share files if you like.

  • Configure IP Address – Windows 7 Tips

    Quick Way to Configure IP Address

    You can configure IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS servers manually on computer, but you can also configure computer to obtain IP address and other network information from DHCP server (most of the time is configured on router).





    Heres How:
     
    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.
    2) Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.

    3) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, then click change adapter settings.

    4) Network Connections window will appears. Here you can right click on the network adapter (can be wireless adapter or wired Ethernet adapter) that you wish to configure and click Properties.

    5) In the Network Connection Properties window, tick on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
    Note: If your computer sits in IPv6 network, you can select Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) to configure IPv6 address, but it’s not covered here.

    Manual IP Assigning
    If you wanna do manual configuration, you can now key in the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and DNS servers.
    Note: IP address of your computer must be unique. None of the 2 computers in the same network can share same IP address, because it will cause IP address conflict.
    Note: Default gateway is a router that can route the traffic to the other network or Internet. DNS server is an application server that can translate URL to IP address. Check with your ISP on what DNS servers you should use. If not, you can try this free Opendns or Google DNS servers.

    IP Assigned by DHCP server
    If you have DHCP server setup on your router or you have dedicated DHCP server, your computer can be assigned IP address and other network information automatically by selecting Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically.

    Note: If you have a notebook, and you use static IP at home and the IP assigned by DHCP server at the office, you can make use of alternate configuration to set IP and network information for these 2 different networks.
    Set Obtain an IP address and DNS automatically on General tab as according to what I specified above, so that the notebook will be assigned IP addresses automatically at the office. After that, click Alternate Configuration tab, select User configured option and key in your home network’s static IP and other network information. By setting this, when there is no IP information assigned due to no DHCP server at home, this alternate configuration will be applied automatically, so that you don’t have to spend time on configuring IP manually every time at home.


  • Check network driver status – Windows 7 Tips

    Checking Network or Wireless Adapter Driver Status in Windows 7

    INFORMATION: 


    This article will show you how to check the status of the network adaptor status





    Heres How:

    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.


    2) Control Panel window will appear, click Hardware and Sound.

    Note: If you view Control Panel by Large Icons or Small Icons, you can just double click the Device Manager.

    3) Click on Device Manager in Hardware and Sound window.

    4) The Device Manager will appear, then locate and expand Network adapters and right click the network or wireless adapter you want to check, finally click on Properties.

    5) The network or wireless adapter properties window will appear, your driver works well if it shows This device is working properly under General tab. You can also manually configure network adapter’s driver parameters under Advanced tab.

    Note: If your device does not work well, click on Driver tab to check driver details, update driver, rollback driver, disable driver or uninstall driver.

  • Computer Name and Work group – Windows 7 Tips

    Assigning Computer Name and Work group in Windows 7

    Assigning computer name and work group in Windows 7 is highly recommended, because it allows other computers to access your computer to access shared file or printer easily by using computer name.



    Please note you need to assign unique computer name on each computer, but can group all home computers under same work group for easy access. Default work group in Windows 7 is WORK GROUP, same as default work group in Windows Vista and Windows XP.
    1) Go to Start, right click Computer and click on Properties.

    2) System Properties window will appear, and you can see the configured computer name and also work group. Just click Change settings to change those settings.
    Note: You can also click Advanced system settings to make similar change.

    3) System Properties window will appear. Select Computer Name tab and then click Change…
    Note: Feel free to key in your computer description too in Computer description box.
    Note: You can also use wizard to join a domain or work group by clicking Network ID…

    4) Proceed to key in new computer name and work group name in Computer Name/Domain Changes window. Finally click OK button to close all windows and restart your computer. Wow! You’ve done it!
    Note: Make sure computer name is unique in your network, not more then 15 characters and avoid from using this characters for naming your computer: ` ~ @ # $ % ^ & ( ) = + [ ] { } | ; : , ‘ “ . / ?

  • Access shared files or printers – Windows 7 Tips

    Simple Methods to Access Shared Files or Printer in Windows 7

    Here are few other simple methods to access shared files or printer of other computers on same network in Windows 7. I also assume you have enabled file sharing or other sharing correctly on other computers.



    Please also ensure there is no firewall blocking on the computer that you try to access, if not you won’t be able to get the access.
    Method 2:
    1) Open Network and Sharing Center, click on See full map.

    2) Full network map that contains all connected network devices will be displayed, you can proceed to double-click on the computer to access shared file or printer.

    Method 3:
    If you know the IP address or hostname of the computer that you wish to access, type the \\IP-or-hostname in file explorer bar and then hit “Enter” button, you should then be able to access that computer if it’s online.

    In this example, I type \\192.168.1.101.

  • Access Shared Files or Printer – Windows 7 Tips


    INFORMATION:

    This article will show you how to access shared files and printers in Windows 7


     
    Here is a simple methods to access shared files or printer of other computers on same network in Windows 7. I also assume you have enabled file sharing or other sharing correctly on other computers.


    Please also ensure there is no firewall blocking on the computer that you try to access, if not you won’t be able to get the access.
    Method 1:
    1) Go to Start and click on Computer.

    2) A file explorer window will appear, scroll down on left panel to locate and click on Network.

    3) It will then show you all connected computers, printers or other network devices, you can just double-click on the computer to access the shared documents.
    Note: Press F5 button to refresh the screen if you do not see the other connected computers or network devices.