5-Minute Fixes - Part 1

Share a File With Another Computer at Home

5 MINUTES
Sharing between Windows 7 PCs:
Windows 7's HomeGroups feature gives you the easiest and fastest way to network computers together.
First, on the computer from which you want to share the file, open the HomeGroup control panel. If a home­group does not already exist (Windows may have created one automatically when you first set up Wi-Fi), click Cre­ate a HomeGroup. Choose the file types you'd like to share ('Documents' is not selected by default), and click Next. You'll receive a password for the homegroup. Write it down.
Wait a few minutes for Windows to update everything. Then, on the other computer, open the HomeGroup control panel, and you should see the homegroup you just created. Click Join IIOW and follow the rest of the steps in the wizard. The computers will share files with each other from now on.
To find the shared files, in Windows Explorer look for your homegroup in the left pane. The other computers that you have added to the network will be listed there, and the shared files will appear in the right pane.
If you ever wish to change your homegroup password, open the HomeGroup control panel on a machine that is already in the group, and click Change the password.

Accessing files on a Mac from a Windows 7 PC:
On the Mac, visit System Preferences and open the Network application. Click the WINS tab. Change the 'Workgroup' setting to the same Workgroup your PCs use. (If you're not sure of the name, you can find this setting listed in your PC's System control panel.) Click OK.
Still in System Preferences, open the Mac's Sharing application. Place a checkmark next to File Sharing. Over in the Shared Folders pane, select the folders you wish to share. In the Users pane, give rights to each folder as appro­priate, assigning either Read Only or Read 6 W,7'U to the 'Everyone' group.
Next, click Options and then put a check in the box for Sharefiles andfoldcr: using 5MB. Click Done. Lastly, open the Accounts applica­tion, unlock your system, and click Guest Account in the left pane. Check the box next to Allow guests to connect to sharedfolders.

Kill a Stuck Program

30 SECONDS
If a program is not responding, you can terminate it by way of the Windows Task Manager.
      Press <Ctrl>·<Alt>-<Delete>; click Start Task Manager. Click the Processes tab. 
To more easily find the offending pro­cess, click the Memory header to sort by which process is using the most RAM. Chances are, your crashed application will be at or near the top of this list (and likely it will be outlook.exe, fire­fox.exe, or iexplore.exe). Click the pro­cess that has died and click End Process.