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    Video Ad's

    Hello, Anyone know how to stop video ad's? When I want to view a newscast video, I am forced to watch an ad. This ad pops up even when I switch to another subject on the newscast. I seen some solutions doing a search and tried them but they did not work. The ad that I am forced to watch...
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    Windows 8 When looking for a new laptop, you might want to look into just what is in it.

    I am not complaining but, I did find out something about a new laptop I bought at the end of 2012. I have upped my fios speed from 35megabits download, to 50, and finally 75megabits download speed. I found one day the computers wireless speed when looking at the wireless adaptor under...
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    Windows 8 very curious

    I just 75/35 Verizon Fios a few days ago. After getting it and setting up everything, I found to my surprise my laptop wireless could not come anywhere close to that kind of speed increase. So I decided to try a Netgear dual 2.4/5 ghz usb2 wireless device on the laptop. Humm, again the...
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    Windows 8 Wifi extenders?

    Anyone using one of these, and do they actually make a difference in performance overall? Is there a real difference between a cheap one and the most expensive? I have 50/25 fios. I like to get all the same rates or close, every where in the house and on the patio outside, all this should be...
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    Windows 7 No DNS service

    I have a home network using a Verizon Fios wireless router. Gateway 192.168.1.1 DNS 192.168.1.1, my 2 desktops and one laptop all work correctly. A friends laptop will not connect to the internet on my network unless I specify the internet address. I tried a different network adapter, same...
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    Windows 7 Info needed on wifi extenders and dual band routers?

    I am looking around for things that will help make my Verizon Fios Internet connection both stronger and faster. I have a 35meg. connection which at best seems to yield around 4 to 5 megs. per second. But, that of course is if I am in the house itself; and not outside like on the patio or...
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    Windows 7 "Speed Up" Boot Times 'Windows 7'

    Greetings. I have just joined Windows 7 forums today. I have noticed that there may be a few threads regarding 'boot up' in Windows 7. However, after performing some small technical tasks, I decided to post the results for the benefit of everyone. We presently were operating with DSL for...
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    Anyone every try the following?

    I have a fios router to which I want to add Airport Extreme to. Why? Because I will then be able to connect my printer to both operating systems, without the hassle of setting printer sharing, which is easy from Mac to Windows but, a lot more difficult or so it seems from Windows to a Mac...
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    Windows 7 W7 taking about 1 minute to setup network on each boot

    I just got a 25mb FIOS connection and everything is running great except when I boot up. It takes windows about 1 minute to find my network so I can connect to the internet (this also for some reason holds up my other startup programs, i.e. logitech setpoint for my G5). I have not had this issue...
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    Windows 7 Network Bridging in Win7 with two PC's and one FiOS router.

    Hey everyone; I recently built a computer and I'm using an integrated NIC (only because I'm too lazy to buy my own) on two PC's. My current PC is right next to the router, with a patch (Straight-Through) cable running to Port 1 on the Verizon FiOS router, and the Internet speed is incredible...
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    Windows 7 Overheating & Internet Lag

    Hey! I got Windows 7 about a month ago and just recently my Pavilion dv6 has started to overheat and just a couple days ago the internet has started to lag. Overheating: I can't figure out why the laptop is overheating as it is not a dust issue and only started once I got Windows 7. When...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Dell Studio 15 laptop connecting to FIOS router but not internet

    I just got a new Dell 1555 Studio laptop with Windows 7 Home Professional, the router I have is a Actiontech MI424WR and our provider is FIOS...everything works great except I can connect to the router and the internet will work for a variable amount of time but then suddenly not work. It'll...
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    Windows 7 Issues with wireless I didn't have before!

    At home, I have a Acer laptop. To my knowledge, it runs 64-bit Vista, and has a standard built-in 802.11 b/g wireless installed. Recently, I upgraded to Verizon FiOS 15/2 mb. I used to have Verizon DSL, combo'd with a D-Link wireless router. It wasn't particularly fast, but it worked fine. Now...
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