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Unexpected Wi-Fi Password Issues: Mismatched Logins on Different Devices
A friend of mine brings her laptop to my house and logs into my network a lot. She got a new laptop, and it wouldn't log in. We tried over and over, with no luck. Just on a hunch, when she came back, I told her to try a different version of the password that I have used in other places. It...- MikeHawthorne
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- comcast configuration devices issues laptop login network password security troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Internet working in old drive but not in cloned drive.
Hi Computer experts. I cloned my hard disk and was working fine but somehow some setting were changed and no internet message start appearing in every network. When I boot and use the old drive, internet is fine. Is there any file, that I can copy from the old drive and past to new drive and the...- PMI
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- cloning configuration data transfer hard drive internet network issues settings troubleshooting windows
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Networking
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DHCP Server on Windows 11 Home
Hi, Is it possible to install a DHCP Server on Windows 11 Home Edition? What I found so far is only "activating DHCP Server on Windows Server" and a very old software (dhcpserver.de). Is there any DHCP Server software for Windows 11? I have a Raspberry Pi and a software running on it needs an...- kahlenberg
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- configuration dhcp ethernet home edition ip address network raspberry pi server software windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to whitelist a website in windows ?
How to whitelist a website in windows ?- christystrew
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- access browser configuration internet network security settings website whitelist windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 resets date format by itself
Hey guys, I have a strange behavior on my system: I manually select date format to be dd.mm.yy and after every reboot, or even randomly while using the computer it resets itself to dd/mm/yy. This is driving me crazy. I even tried to edit the registry key manually but it's not helping it...- EZG
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- configuration date format random behavior reboot issues registry reset tech support troubleshooting user settings windows 10
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 - Add more pinned apps to the start menu
I'm setting up my new Windows 11 Pro rig and I was wanting to be able to display more pinned apps on the Start menu. I checked the internet and it says to go to settings/personalization/start and there will see Layout which will allow me to increase the number of apps shown. There's also a...- Moondoggy
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- configuration error installation microsoft personalization pinned apps registry settings windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows won't boot up from ssd unless hdd unplugged
Greetings! I have windows 11 pro running on a dell laptop i had an nvme storage upgrade few months ago so i cloned my windows onto there, which created two identical options for windows boot manager in the bios boot selection menu , yet windows will always load up from ssd.. everything was...- chetan843
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- boot boot manager cloning configuration dell disk partitioner dual boot efi partition fedora grub hdd linux problem solving recovery partition ssd storage upgrade troubleshooting uefi windows 11
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Piggy back router Q
Hi, I have a two router system, the primary main router supplied by my service provider and a second router DD wrt flashed uses a vpn that I use for streaming and piggy backs onto the main router, should this second router have security installed or does it use the primary routers security set up.- longshanks70
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- configuration dd-wrt network router security setup streaming vpn
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to remove the login screen (the initial loading screen) after bootup
Hi, I am using a Lattepanda V1 device that operates on Windows 10 and launches a specific application after starting up. I have not configured a lock screen password. However, I encounter a login screen (the initial loading screen) that I wish to bypass. I want to remove both the Lock Screen...- AshishUparaEpsilon
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- application launch boot bypass login configuration lattepanda login screen remove lock screen startup user account windows 10
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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VLC TV app can't connect to windows 11 share.
OK this is an obscure question- So, on my tv I have the VLC app. When I try to get VLC to connect to my windows 11 share it says: "Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL smb://WINDOWSDELL. Check the log for details." Your instinct is to say it's a problem with the VLC app...- bog
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- configuration error logs network samba share tv app video playback vlc windows 11
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Assign same static IP to a Windows 2003 VPN connection
Every time a user is using our Windows VPN to connect to the company network a new IP from a static range is taken. This range is configured in a Windows 2003 Server. Because we have applications that require static IP (same IP every time the user connects through the VPN) how can we achieve this?- nonlinear
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- application configuration connection ip address network server static ip user rights vpn windows 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 10 Uefi multiboot has boot manager on every drive
I have installed windows 10 on three different drives and windows 11 on one drive. To install windows on each I had to remove the other drives from the PC. However this has created a bootloader on each drive and my system is now totally confused. I select the drive on sata port one as the main...- IanHHH
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- bios boot issues boot manager bootloader computer setup configuration disk management drive selection easybcd efi multi-boot os installation partition recovery repair sata troubleshooting uefi windows 10 windows 11
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 11 Renaming a Windows Media Device
I would like to rename a network media device. I'm not quite sure what this is when I see it in File Explorer but here it is under Networks. How do I change the name from Simone's Media to something else? Clicking on it does not provide a means to do so.- This Wreckage
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- configuration devices file explorer media network rename settings user interface windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Installing windows 11
I’m stuck at this screen and any account I put in doesn’t work- Ammsalah
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- account issues configuration error installation setup stuck screen tech support troubleshooting user account windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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XAMPP Installation Issues: Apache and MySQL Shutdowns Due to Port Conflicts
5:25:12 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel 5:25:12 PM [main] Windows Version: Enterprise 64-bit 5:25:12 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 8.0.28 5:25:12 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.3.0 [ Compiled: Apr 6th 2021 ] 5:25:12 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights -...- Christlike Sam
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- admin rights apache application compatibility configuration control panel dependencies enterprise error logs installation mysql pid ports privilege setup status updates tcp/ip troubleshooting windows xampp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 issue with "requesting administrative privileges"
Hi, I'm trying to install a driver "RASFWP.EXE" with administrative privileges (rick click - run as administrator". I'm an administrator of the PC. But I get continuously a cmd pop with the messages "requesting administrative privileges". the pop-up stays opened for around one second, is...- ledetective
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- admin rights administrative command prompt computer issues configuration drivers error installation popup privilege rasfwp.exe support troubleshooting uac user account control windows windows 10 windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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problemi con microfono windows
problemi con microfono windows ho windows 10 pro, il microfono è collegato correttamente, difatti quando detto il sito di google mi sente e trascrive , quando detto; ma per le applicazioni di windows questo non succede faccio windows+h , il microfono parte, mi dice “”" Parla Ora"""" ma...- mp420
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- application audio issues configuration input devices microphone speech recognition troubleshooting voice commands windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Shortcut key locations
Where are the key combinations you assign for a shortcut to start a program stored? For instance if I go to the properties of a program icon and assign Ctrl-Alt-S as a shortcut, where in the registry is it stored? I have one, and only one program the shortcut key stopped working. If I try to...- Ron Leinweber
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- assigning keys configuration ctrl-alt-s error resolution key combinations key mapping program issues registry reinstall revo uninstaller shortcuts system settings troubleshooting uninstall user interface windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to connect from home to a specific virtual PC on Hyper-V
Hello Windows Server 2019 2 virtual Windows 10 22H2 2 of my colleagues, in the local network, for certain jobs connect to these 2 virtual PCs (each on its own) Charles 10.100.1.53 France 10.100.1.54 Now they would like to do the same thing from their home The server has a second network...- Piero2000
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- configuration home office hyper-v network public ip remote access virtual machine virtualization windows 10 windows server
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- Forum: Virtualization
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50,000 users in 2019 hangs on boot but works on 2012R2
I've been using Windows server 2012R2 Standard for almost a decade now. I have apps running on the server which have created about 50,000 local users. These are local users created using WMIC scripts and eq. API's. The purpose is to allow for easy integration with IIS authentication. The app...- InformB
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- 2012r2 standard 2019 datacenter administration aws boot issues configuration cpu usage debugging group policy iis security integration local account logon policies network performance server upgrade user management windows server wmic scripts
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Windows Server Forums