Network Your Computers & Devices Step by Step

Teach yourself how to use the networking features in Windows 7 to connect your home computers, even if they use different operating systems. With Step by Step, you set the pace — building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Network your Windows 7-based PCs and set up security
• Add a Mac or Linux-based computer
• Share printers, devices, and files with everyone in your home
• Stream media over your network or to a remote PC
• Tweak your network and sharing settings
• Troubleshoot problems and perform easy maintenance

Your Step by Step digital content includes: Fully searchable online edition of this book — with unlimited access on the Web

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Setting Up a Router and Devices
Chapter 2. Setting User Accounts on All Computers
Chapter 3. Setting Up Your Libraries on All Windows 7 Computers
Chapter 4. Creating the Network
Chapter 5. Customizing Network Sharing Settings in Windows 7
Chapter 6. Creating the Homegroup and Joining Windows 7 Computers
Chapter 7. Sharing Libraries and Folders
Chapter 8. Sharing and Working with Devices
Chapter 9. Streaming Media Over the Network and the Internet
Chapter 10. Sharing Between Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 Computers
Chapter 11. Sharing Between Mac OS X and Windows 7 Computers
Chapter 12. Sharing Between Ubuntu Linux and Windows 7 Computers
Chapter 13. Keeping the Network Secure
Chapter 14. Setting Up Parental Controls
Chapter 15. Troubleshooting Network and Internet Problems

Book Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (December 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735652163
• ISBN-13: 978-0735652163