Internetworking with Windows 7, Vista, and XP
Windows 8’s file and printer sharing services work quite well with Windows 7, Vista, XP, and the various Windows Server versions. All of these OSs were intended from the start to work well with the TCP/IP network protocol favored by Windows 8.
For all practical purposes, Windows 8 and Windows 7 networking are virtually identical. There are no compatibility issues to worry about, other than the Network Location issue (discussed in Chapter 18, “Creating a Windows Network,” in the section “Network Location Settings”).
If your network has computers running older versions of Windows, the differences in OSs may show up in these areas:
• Default networking protocols—You might have configured older computers ...
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