There are days when your connection breaks, not because the internet is down, but because your computer is confused. Wrong IP, no IP, stuck on an old network, or just refusing to pick up a new one.

Ask most anyone who runs Windows at home what edition of the operating system he or she is using, and odds are you’ll hear a fairly predictable roster of responses: Windows XP Home, XP Professional, ...

When Windows cannot access a network drive or a resource, the error message that Windows cannot access Z:\\ or Windows cannot access “Device Name” shows up. It ...

There are various ways to work together in a network based on Windows 11. The simplest is to set up a shared workgroup, a kind of team of computers with equal rights. The workgroup in Windows 11 ...

I've been living in a pure Windows world for several years now, and am ready to "pull the trigger" with a 64-bit Ubuntu install on a relatively modern machine (dual-core 64-bit Athlon, 4GB DDR). I've ...

In this post, we will show you how to fix the error message Windows did not detect a properly installed network adapter which you may see after running the Network ...

Is there a way built into Windows 10/11 to automatically backup to another computer on a home wifi network? I don't currently have a windows home network active. I'd like to set my wife's computer to ...

Microsoft wants you to use the cloud, but there are a lot of good options — including trusty old network file sharing and a little-known modern Windows feature. Remember the HomeGroup on Windows 7?