Windows 7 Beta, The TBL Experience.... Part 1

I'm sure by now you have read many a glowing review of the Windows 7 Beta recently dropped by Microsoft earlier in the year. And fortunately I won't be taking the shine off much with the info below. I say fortunately, because as a positive person I like to see things work, and it is good to see that Microsoft (regardless of what I think of them, they still command the desktop market) is going to have a good OS that is not just going to fix the Vista woes, but also integrate better hardware and the new online world.

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Windows 7 Beta Networking tweaks

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If you have been following my Twitter, you would have noticed that I've been spending a bit of time with the Windows 7 Beta.  Overall, I have had a positive experience with the Beta, only having trouble with the normal things when using a Windows box.  One of the normal things is getting a Windows box to talk to the other non-Windows machines, and sometimes even Windows computers on the network.

The first issue I had was getting Win 7 to find the OSX machines on the network.  This was a  pain as all my files and music are on my Powerbook.  So I went looking for a fix.  I found the answer on the TechNet Forums under a question on "Networking with a mac", and here are the details (thanks to dnegrich):

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