Windows 10 Inside Out (includes Current Book Service), 2/e

Chapter 20. Advanced networking

Viewing network status

Sharing resources with other users

Finding and using shared resources on a Windows network

Connecting to another computer with Remote Desktop

Troubleshooting network problems

For most users of Microsoft Windows at home or in a small office, HomeGroup and the other networking methods and procedures described in Chapter 5, “Networking essentials,” provide all the needed connectivity. In these environments, accessing shared files, media, and printers throughout a local area network is easily achieved.

But there’s much more to networking, enough to fill another book the size of this one. In this chapter, we touch upon a few of these more complex features.

We begin with a look at other ways to ...