How to connect 2 laptops running Window7 Ultimate using lanwire or wifi ?

[Vernonhunter]

Hello ,
I want to connect and share files between 2 laptops running window7 Ultimate , via a lanwire or Wifi . Can anyone please explain the step by step procedure to do that ? I am not a computer geek ,so plz explain it in steps . thanks in advance.

[Maverick494]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Set-up-a-computer-to-computer-ad-hoc-network

[SmogHog]

Hello ,
I want to connect and share files between 2 laptops running window7 Ultimate , via a lanwire or Wifi . Can anyone please explain the step by step procedure to do that ? I am not a computer geek ,so plz explain it in steps . thanks in advance.

Click on your Internet connection icon down by they clock and click on Open Network and Sharing Center.

Then click on Choose homegroup and sharing options

Then click on Create a homegroup

Select what you want to share

Next

Copy the generated number

Enter that number in homegroup setup on all other computer you want to share with that are part of your home network

[Maverick494]

Click on your Internet connection icon down by they clock and click on Open Network and Sharing Center.

Then click on Choose homegroup and sharing options

Then click on Create a homegroup

Select what you want to share

Next

Copy the generated number

Enter that number in homegroup setup on all other computer you want to share with that are part of your home network

except I don't think that he/she has a network already setup via a router, switch, or a hub. Which means you need an adhoc netowork. Hard to tell though.

[SmogHog]

except I don't think that he/she has a network already setup via a router, switch, or a hub. Which means you need an adhoc netowork. Hard to tell though.

Hmmmmm,that would surely change the setup simplicity.

[Maverick494]

Hmmmmm,that would surely change the setup simplicity.

haha read the first link, its actually remarkably easy with windows 7 apparently. I haven't tried it myself.

[SmogHog]

haha read the first link, its actually remarkably easy with windows 7 apparently. I haven't tried it myself.

I guess Symantec PCanywhere software will work also or one of the free alternatives.

[Maverick494]

I guess Symantec PCanywhere software will work also or one of the free alternatives.

yea you could use something like teamviewer. Still relying on having an internet connection that way though and however fast the connection is. I'd think adhoc might be faster in the cases of newer laptops with 300 Mbps direct connections wifi or 1 Gbps wired.

[fastdak25]

what ever happened to just using a crossover cable and setting static IPs?