After spending several weeks putting the first public Beta version of Windows 7 (officially known as the Customer Preview Program) — which I must say is quite solid and stable — through its paces, I ...

This is a follow up to my previous post about living in a dorm, and having a wireless router assigning invalid IP addresses to people. Short story, sometimes everyone on one of our 4 switches looses ...

My desktop occasionally fails to shut down properly. It seems to complete Windows’ shutdown process, but then just freezes–without actually turning off. Pressing the power button accomplishes nothing.

Microsoft has been trying to give Windows home users a convenient, peer-to-peer networking solution since at least 2002. With Windows 7 HomeGroup, they finally got it right. Ars walks you through ...

We’ve covered Windows 7 from rumor to golden master. Now—as we wait for its Oct. 22 arrival—it’s enchilada time: Here’s everything of value that we learned about Win 7, packed in a complete, ...

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?