homegroup

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Out of box experience - HomeGroup setup (Windows 7 public RC leaks (7100))

Out of box experience - HomeGroup setup (Windows 7 public RC leaks (7100))wow.RE: Out of box experience - HomeGroup setup (Windows 7 public RC leaks (7100))That was as exciting as watching my grass grow!

Tags: Microsoft Windows, HomeGroup setup, HomeGroup, box experience, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Home Sweet Homegroup: Networking the Easy Way in Windows 7

Now that the warmer weather is here, the last thing the author wants to do is fiddle with his network configuration. He would rather be gardening! If one remembers what a headache it could be to set up file and printer sharing in earlier versions of Windows, one would be...

Tags: Network, Home Network, Homegroup, Microsoft Windows 7, Printers, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2009-01-01

Additional Resources

The Ultimate Windows 7 Upgrade FAQ

The Ultimate Windows 7 Upgrade FAQThanks! Handy guide to bookmark.These questions keep coming up so it's great to have a handy guide to point people at.That last question about whether upgrade media will be able to do an install on an empty HDD is the big unknown. I wish MS...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Ultimate Windows 7 Upgrade, Ultimate Windows 7 Upgrade FAQ

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Windows 7: Faster and Easier

Windows 7 is faster and easier. The presenter of this webcast will discuss improved taskbar and full-screen previews, Jump Lists, New ways to work with Windows, Better device management and HomeGroup.

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Webcasts 2009-04-21

Poll: IT pros love Windows 7; majority dump Vista upgrade plans

Poll: IT pros love Windows 7; majority dump Vista upgrade plansRE: Poll: IT pros love Windows 7; majority dump Vista upgrade plansSure they will be happy, just as they are happy now with Vista, after teh SP1 Vista is fine, I use Vista and Win7 every day, they both run...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Vista upgrade plan, IT Pros, Vista Upgrade, Microsoft Windows, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

Microsoft honing its 'better together' story for Windows 7 and Office 14

Microsoft honing its 'better together' story for Windows 7 and Office 14Homegroups Search?A few months back I looked into the google server situation, it looks like Microsoft could include exactly this with Windows 7 and Office 14.We already know they have the option to "share" documents within home groups in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Office 14, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

Windows 7: What does 'feature complete' mean?

Windows 7: What does 'feature complete' mean?Feature Complete?Windows 7 at this point will almost certainly not be feature complete in any sense than they're not adding any more features to it.I'm still waiting for the official beta, and checking my connect account each day in anticipation, but I can already...

Tags: Smart phones, Operating systems, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, virtualization layer, virtualization, smart phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

You've got Windows 7 questions, I've got answers

You've got Windows 7 questions, I've got answersNo images in the article.IMAGE is in place of the photos.DPI scaling of gadgetsI'm amazed Microsoft seems to be ignoring the fact that desktop gadgets do not scale with DPI. This is going to become a major problem as screens get larger....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

A first look at Windows 7's pre-beta PDC release

Is it a major release or just a revamped Windows Vista? That’s the big question surrounding Windows 7, which made its public debut in a keynote address by Steven Sinofsky today at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Microsoft executives showed off the new Windows...

Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows 7, Network, Window, Microsoft Windows Vista, Feature, PowerShell Scripting Language, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-10-28

What we do know about Windows 7

What we do know about Windows 7Not 2010, It's sep 2009Windows 7 would definitely be released in 2009. Mostly Sep 2009as you guessed in previous postsWindows 7 will be more tightly integrated with Windows Mobile.Gee, there is a nonstarter.By the time Win7 comes out, WinMobile will have been Zunified and...

Tags: Wiki, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, HA-HA-HA, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

What we do know about Windows 7

Since Microsoft still isn't willing to talk -- or even comment on any of the information its own employees already have discussed publicly -- about Windows 7, I thought I'd make a list of the many things that are known already about Windows 7 (beyond the 2010 due date). ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-27