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Windows 7-to-XP communication
Hi, I have a very basic question. Will a computer with Windows 7 installed on
it have any issues communicating with computers on the same wireless network that have Windows XP or Vista as their operating systems? I am aware that Windows 7 has what is called "XP Mode" but what I am also wondering is: would a computer that has Windows 7 as it's OS have to have XP Mode running in order to be able to communicate flawlessly with computers on the same network that have XP nstalled on them? Should I install Windows 7 on 1 computer as an experiment to see if it communicates well with the other computers or can I just expect that it will? Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Newbie |
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Windows 7-to-XP communication
"Harvey" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a very basic question. Will a computer with Windows 7 installed on it have any issues communicating with computers on the same wireless network that have Windows XP or Vista as their operating systems? No I am aware that Windows 7 has what is called "XP Mode" but what I am also wondering is: would a computer that has Windows 7 as it's OS have to have XP Mode running in order to be able to communicate flawlessly with computers on the same network that have XP nstalled on them? XP Mode is for running applications that work in XP but not in Windows 7 Should I install Windows 7 on 1 computer as an experiment to see if it communicates well with the other computers or can I just expect that it will? Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Newbie |
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Windows 7-to-XP communication
Harvey wrote:
Hi, I have a very basic question. Will a computer with Windows 7 installed on it have any issues communicating with computers on the same wireless network that have Windows XP or Vista as their operating systems? I am aware that Windows 7 has what is called "XP Mode" but what I am also wondering is: would a computer that has Windows 7 as it's OS have to have XP Mode running in order to be able to communicate flawlessly with computers on the same network that have XP nstalled on them? Should I install Windows 7 on 1 computer as an experiment to see if it communicates well with the other computers or can I just expect that it will? Thank you for your help. No receiving computer has no idea where the incoming message originated. It does not know, nor can it know, what operating system, computer, or anything else about the origin of the packet. Provenance of the data cannot be determined by looking at the data itself. As a matter of fact, this message is probably being read by one or two on a Linux box after having passed through a half-dozen Unix mainframes. So, to answer your question, there will be no difficulty regarding the originating operating systems. |
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Windows 7-to-XP communication
Harvey wrote:
Hi, I have a very basic question. Will a computer with Windows 7 installed on it have any issues communicating with computers on the same wireless network that have Windows XP or Vista as their operating systems? I am aware that Windows 7 has what is called "XP Mode" but what I am also wondering is: would a computer that has Windows 7 as it's OS have to have XP Mode running in order to be able to communicate flawlessly with computers on the same network that have XP nstalled on them? Should I install Windows 7 on 1 computer as an experiment to see if it communicates well with the other computers or can I just expect that it will? Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Newbie http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ons-of-Windows You might want the computers to all be using the same Workgroup name. Paul |
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