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so, is there a way to make Update ignore any and all updates for Office? never will use it and i'm on dialup, so downloading them sucks up a lot of precious banwidth. i don't even know why it thinks i have it. all i have is a trial that was pre-installed on my laptop. is it a matter of just...

Hi all, So to make a long story short, I've gone over my 60GB internet usage limit quite a lot over the past year or so. Uploads and downloads both count towards usage. When I looked at the monthly usage history, I was surprised to find that there are several months, including the current one...

Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom? Campaign For Liberty; Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom? (Please note that this is a political OP-ED, so it is going to be very one sided on the subject, but an interesting observation and discussion none-the-less) Net Neutrality is a proposal...

Hey there, I created an Ad Hoc network in my Windows 7 Ultimate based PC (x64, I created the Ad Hoc network without 3rd party software) so I can use my mobile to browse the Internet, since my router isn't wireless. For some reason, if I create a secured Ad Hoc network (with either WEP or...

Can a wireless home network become overloaded? If so, how? What are the differences between an open wireless network ie....hospital, coffee shop or airport and a home wireless network other than the security issues. Do those public wireless networks get overloaded? If not, how is that resolved?

I have a strange problem from past few days. I use an HP laptop with Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG network adapter. I also use VPN connection (VyprVPN) over the internet. The moment I install and run any network monitor like BWMeter, Networx or DUMeter, the wireless connection disconnects...

Suppose you went to the supermarket to buy a pound of steak for dinner and when you got home you noticed that the package seemed very light. So you went back and complained to the manager, only to be told that the label says "up to 1 pound", and you're stuck with it. You'd be furious, of...

i have 2 internet connections can i use both of them to download same time ? 1 480 kb and other 240 so speed be 720 ? or make 1 download some links and other download other links same time ? or make 1 for download and other i use it for playing online it will be low ping and other downloading...

Hey i wanted to see if there was a program to allocate say 75% of bandwith to the XP computer leaving the other 25% for the Xbox 360.

I have two magic jacks that I am putting in to one computer for a two line phone. right now I am running win xp but will be upgrading to win 7 soon. Befor I hook this up would like to know if anyone has done this befor. This is a work place I am doing this for and there not the main lines. I...

I tried to copy a movie from one IDENTICAL Win7 laptop to another via the network. Everything connected great, but once I began to copy the files and saw the transfer speed my jaw dropped. I maxed out at 2.5mbs and it dropped down to 1.5mbs. No difference having it plugged into the network or...

Hola, For Win XP Pro I was using Traffic Shaper XP, its free and as long as installed on each individual machine and setup properly I can limit each PC on my networks bandwidth usage at any given time. It just runs in the background. Dont get me wrong I have like a T2 Down stream and a T1...

I'm not too terrible familiar with all the ins and outs of networking, but I have some "basic" questions as I am looking into improving my network speed. I'll begin with what I have on the network. 2 PCs, PS3, Xbox 360 (all wired) and a Wii (wireless). I have a WRT54GS router currently. I'm...

Hi, Every now and then, I have this problem that a download stream, is not shown until it has finished! This is unclear, so I give two examples: I want to watch a YouTube video; after I open the video page, I see only the black video screen and it will take as long as the video is fully loaded...

I have searched the forum but I have not found an answer to my particular problem, so forgive me if I have repeated a relevent thread. Whenever I attempt to download eg a driver I get the download window and it begins to download for a while then it stops.........it does not freeze because the...

I have two problems actually. 1. The main problem is with my linksys usb adapter. When I did an upgrader from vista to 7 the following happened it would stop recgonizing the internet after a while and move to local access only. I was still able to access the router and could release and renew...

Hi, Of late, the java.exe process has been eating a lot of bandwidth even when i'm doing nothing. Its been doing this for quite a few days now, so it cant just be routine updates. Snapshot's been attached. What the hell is this? how do i get rid of it? Unable to end process, it gets started as...

Hello - My failure to find a solution to this problem has led me to post here. I will try to provide as much information as possible. My internet is completely shutting down, almost always when I am using a lot of bandwidth (usually when torrents are running, sometimes during typical...

I've just updated to Windows 7 and I'm having a rather odd problem. I have a Netgear DG834N router that is being used by several computers in the house with no problems. As soon as I boot up my Windows 7 machine the bandwidth seems to drop and the internet becomes unusable on all computers...

This will ENABLE the 20% bandwidth that the system reserves for itself. Click Start and type and enter "gpedit.msc" This opens the group policy editor. Then go to: Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable...