Windows7 LAN construction method

Now, two or three computers in the average family are quite common, and some of the branded notebooks may have been upgraded to the latest Windows 7 operating system (hereafter referred to as Win 7). So in this case, how to set up a pure Win 7 system environment or a home LAN in a mixed environment of Win 7 and XP systems, how to set up file sharing? If you have the same questions, please check the methods described in this article in detail, I believe you can solve them.

Infrastructure Building a Home LAN

When building a home network, the latest Windows 7 system is much simpler and more convenient, thanks to the system's "network discovery" function. At the same time, compared with the XP system, in the Win 7 system, you can also choose different environments such as home network, work network, and public network, and the security is also higher. In addition, from an application perspective, in addition to traditional file sharing, Win 7 also allows sharing support for media files in the form of playlists.

Step 1. Unified Workgroup Name

To successfully set up a home LAN, all computers on the LAN must have the same workgroup and different computer names. In Win 7, the specific operation is relatively simple, right click on the "computer", select "ldquo; attribute" in the pop-up shortcut menu, and then in the pop-up window "computer name, domain, workgroup settings" Modify the working unit and computer name of the computer.

Step 2. Set up a home network

To set up a home network in Win 7, you can do it in the Control Panel by clicking on "Network and Sharing Center" and click on "Select Family Group and Share". The option →change advanced sharing settings" can be set for both "home and work" and "public" environments. Expand the "Home or Work" network, the items that must be selected are as follows.

Next, in the "Network & Sharing Center" "View Active Connections", you can select a different network location in the next screen.

Tip: In Windows 7, you can select the “Home Network”, “Work Network” and “Public Network” modes. But the settings here are only two options: "Family and Work" and "Common". It turns out that it has unified the “home network” and “work network”. However, if you choose “Home Network”, you need to set the password. Therefore, in order to share the convenience of access, we recommend that you choose “Work Network” or depending on the situation.

Home network settings in XP can be done through the Network Setup Wizard. Double-click "My Network Places" on the desktop, and then select "Set up a home or small office network" from the pop-up window to start the network installation wizard, and then just follow the wizard prompts.

Open Guest Account Enable XP and Win 7 Intercommunication

To make XP and Win 7 access each other smoothly, please open the Guest Guest account. In XP, select “Administrative Tools & Rarr; Computer Management in the Control Panel, and then select “Local Users and Groups & Rarr; Users” in the pop-up window. Then, double-click "Guest" on the right side, in the pop-up dialog box, clear the check box for "Account has been disabled", and then confirm that "Password never expires" is checked (in Win 7) The setting method is similar).

Tip: Confirm that the password never expires. You can access the shared folder again in the future without having to change the password, which is more convenient. Of course, you can set it up according to the specific situation. In addition, XP and Win7's mutual visits and sharing (such as printer sharing) may generate a lot of strange problems, we will not list them here. The solution is to open the guest account and ensure that the two computers are in the same working group and do the basic sharing settings. Please set the XP and Win 7 firewalls in detail, which can be solved.

File Sharing Integrating Multi-Party File Resources

Once the LAN is created, you can create different folder shares to share file resources between different computers. When installing Win 7, the system will automatically create a user named "public", and will also create a folder named "public" on the hard disk. In the previous setup, we have chosen to allow public folder sharing, so other computers on the LAN can access this folder. Ordinary file sharing, just copy the files you need to share to the “public” folder. For more flexible applications, you need to set it up manually.

Note: The following is an example of Win7 environment. The settings in XP system can be used as a reference.

Step 1. Basic Sharing Settings

Let's take the example of sharing the Share folder in the root directory of a computer's E disk. First right click on the Share folder in the root directory of the E drive and select “Properties →Share”. Then click “Share” in the dialog box that opens, select the user name Everyone in the pop-up dialog box, and then click “Add” to make it appear in the list box below. Next, set permissions for it under "Permission Level", such as: “read/write” or “read”.

Tip: Cancel the sharing, you can take the same method, in the "Properties & Rarr; Share & Rarr; Advanced Sharing" clear the "Share this folder" check.

Step 2. Different Rights Assignment

Basic sharing settings may not be able to meet the needs of more users. How do you set different sharing permissions for different users? Below we will explain the sharing of a folder named “Project Image” with a different name (“Project Picture DX” and “Project Image ZD”): If the login account is DX, then Have read and write permissions; if the login account is ZD, then only read permissions.

First, right click on the “computer” on the desktop, select “Manage”, in the pop-up management window, expand the left side of "local users and groups → users", Click “Action & Rarr; New User", enter “DX” after “username" and set the password. Then uncheck the "User must change password when logging in next time" check box, and select "Don't expire password". Finally, click “Create” to generate a system account at the “Standard User” level. In the same way, create a similar system account called “ZD”.

Then, the permissions are set for each of the two accounts. In the folder's "Share" option, select “Advanced Share →Share this folder", enter a name under "Share name" (eg <;Project Picture DX”), and then click &ldquo ;Permissions →Add →Advanced → Find Now”, find the account you just created “DX” and click to add it. Finally, check "Allow" under "Allow" to "complete control" (as shown in Figure 2. In addition, you can observe the user named Everyone, and have full control, please delete it). After the setup is complete, you will have read and write access when you log in as a DX account and access the folder. Similarly, if the ZD user's permission is set to "Read", then the ZD account will be used to log in to access the folder and will only have read access.

Next, you need to complete the assignment of user rights. Click “Start →Control Panel →Administrative Tools & Rarr;Local Security Policy", in the dialog box that opens, expand the left side "Security Settings & Rarr; Local Policies & Rarr; User Rights Assignment”, right The side finds “Access this computer from the network” and double click. Next, click “Add User & Group> Add DX and ZD. Then expand “security settings →local policy →security options”, find the right side of the "network access: local account sharing and security mode", double click and select "classic & ndash; local users to their own Authentication”. At this point, the sharing settings are all completed.

Media Sharing Home Entertainment Secure Sharing

Similar to normal file sharing, media files can also be shared, but there is a more secure form of media sharing in Win7 —— Share it as a playlist. In this way, the visiting computer does not access the media file itself, so there is no need to worry about the file being destroyed or maliciously copied, and the shared content can also be controlled by grading, which is very suitable for home users.

Step 1. Media Sharing Settings

Double-click ““Network” on the desktop, click ““Network and Sharing Center” from the window that opens, click ““ Select Family group and sharing options → change advanced sharing settings & rdquo;, then expand & ldquo; family and work & rdquo;, find the "media stream" under it and click. After <;display device location", select “all networks", and then click “all allow”.

After the above settings are completed, go to the "Media Streaming Options" window under "Network and Sharing Center" and you can observe the computer name you have joined. Click on the computer in the network. “Customize” link (shown in Figure 3). From the content displayed in the pop-up dialog box, it will not impose any restrictions on media sharing. Let's start by modifying it.

First cancel the "Use default settings" checkbox selection "Only", and then select the level.

Tip: To ensure that media files without levels are also controlled, please uncheck the "Include unrated files".

Step 2. Shared Media Playback

When the other computer is running Windows Media Player after setting, you can observe the playlist of this machine in the left pane, and you can also “Other media libraries” Under the computer icon sharing the media files, you can find the playlist shared by the computer to play the shared media files.

Tip: Media playlist sharing is not possible in XP. This feature is limited to media sharing access between Win 7 systems.

Security Settings The Key to LAN Sharing

It is well known that LAN sharing is the main way to spread viruses while facilitating our daily life applications. Therefore, when setting up the LAN share, be sure to set the detailed access rights. Only when the sharing security is ensured, can the convenience of LAN sharing be better utilized. In addition, the Internet connection between XP and Win7 is not as troublesome as imagined. As long as the basic work preparation is done according to the method described in the article, the smooth mutual visit between XP and Win7 can be realized smoothly. The media sharing function provided by Win 7 brings more practical choices and also provides convenience for our entertainment.