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    Windows 10 Components seen on Network

    I have a lenovo AIO 730S-24IKB computer running Windows 10 Pro and my wife has an Acer Aspire A515-52 running Windows 10 Home. Both Windows OS are up to date. Control Panel/System shows that both computers are on the WorkGroup called Workgroup When I click on Network in my Lenovo computer I...
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    Questions about upgrading from WSE 2016 to 2019

    I have been using WSE 2016 for a few years now to manage a simple home network of 4 windows 4 PC's with one WSE 2016 server. It worked fine over the past few years. I mainly use it for movie file storage and client backups. Recently some of the overnight backups stopped. No matter what I did the...
  3. Windows 10 Mobile Hotspot Connection Issues

    From what I gather, it's not just me. Other devices in my house will stay connection. My Samsung Tab Pro stays online, my Kindle Keyboard stays online. My Moto Z Play will play non-stop music and stream video all day long. My recently updated 2 year old Windows 10 laptop won't. This just started...
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    Windows 10 Router name

    A power surge knocked out our ASUS router so I replaced it with a LinkSys. It's been working fine, no complaints, except that my Win 10 desktop still displays the network connection (wired) with the ASUS router name. I would like to change it to remind me that it's a new router. Firstly, should...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 won't auto connect wifi each time i reboot

    Hi, I have a Lenovo ideapad 510 laptop running windows 10 64 bit which is fully up to date, my wifi adapter is an Intel dual band wireless ac 3165. For a few months now my laptop will not auto connect the wifi when i reboot, it always used to though, I’m not sure if its a windows issue or a...
  6. Windows 10 No internet secured

    I reset my internet because it was too slow and after I did that my phone and PC didn’t have connection. The wifi showed up, but there was the yellow exclamation mark and it said “no internet secured.” I tried properties and restarting my devices and the internet but nothing worked. Please help...
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    Windows 10 Ethernet Question

    So I have 2 connections, Home 5 and a wifi extender in my office. The computer is not wifi and dosent hook up to the wifi extender box. It's still coming up as wifi extender on my ethernet not wifi. I would like it to be home 5 on the ethernet.
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    Ip address question

    I'm using windows server 2012 on a supermicro motherboard. I set my ip address as my home ip address same as my router and when I type in the IP address I get a supermicro login page. I use to be able to get into the router through the IP address. Should I change the ip address to something else...
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    Windows 10 passwords and security

    My ISP is set up so that I can sign in with a username and password as in most sites. However, if I click on settings, I can see the secure network within my house and by clicking on [hide/see] I can see the same key that is in the gateways router which I can access by typing 10.0.0.1 in the...
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    Windows 7 Network Windows 10 cannot access Windows 7 machine but sees it.

    Several Windows 10 machines in my home network communicating without problem. Some month ago I added a Windows 7 machine, which was accessible for a while, thereafter it was only found but no files accessible any more. Now another newly installed Windows 7 machine shows the same problem. I have...
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    Windows 10 My PC1 slow to boot, when PC2 is shut off

    I need help with slow booting of win10.. 1.my pc1 is connected via network cable to my router 2. my second pc2C is minix neo win10 media device, connected to same router 3. on that PC2 neo win10 media device i have usb disk1 which has shared movies and series folder 3.i have usb disk2 shared via...
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    Windows 10 Network issue in wifi

    Hi I need to assign an ip address automatically in wifi network of my windows pc to connect different wireless . but my PC is assigning constant default gateway even a change my network setting to DHCP. it make me to delete the default gateway manually each and every time when i need to...
  13. WorkGroup vs Domain for access to a UNC, visually & linking

    Hi guys I have a Server running winSrv 2012 R2 and have being upgrading my little knowledge from version 03 days. Thus has been reading about the threshold to switch from workgroup to domain, etc, etc. I notice that my Server did not use a Work Group or a Domain to link up the many PCs in the...
  14. Windows 10 utility to monitor/log service interruptions?

    my internet-provider sometime loses connection … need a utility to monitor/log when service interruption occurs. need more info? keep reading. i always shut-down when not using computer … also, shut off surge-protector (includes vendor's modem). when i turn on...
  15. Windows 10 Can't access one computer on network

    Up until a couple weeks ago we've been able to network the computers in our house just fine. Lately I can get into his files but he can't get into mine. It always gives the " You don't have permission to access\\said computer" message. It seems like this all started when I had to reinstall...
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    Windows 10 Cannot connect with home Wifi

    Hi, On newly installed Windows 10 I have problems with Wifi connection. OS doesn't detect my home WiFi. But it can detect WiFi shared from my phone. On the same PC I have Linux installed and it CAN detect and connect to the WiFi, so it's not network range issue. Here's what I already tried to...
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    Windows 10 April 2018 Update Problems

    I run three computers on my home network. All three updated on April 30 to the latest Windows version. One computer, the slowest and cheapest, is working great, but there are problems on the other two that I'm hoping someone can provide me some guidance on. The Lenovo is working perfectly...
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    Windows 10 Remote Desktop

    I have 2 laptops both running Win10pro. Both on the same network, although one is connected via a repeater due to its "remote" location. I can ping one to the other without any issues. Both are connected to the Internet via wifi through one router. I have been trying to use Remote Desktop to...
  19. Strange phone connecting to my home network

    Hello. When I click on my network, in windows explorer, I noticed a phone on my network. It's a HWFURY UMAX apparently. I don't own one of these. Pressing F5 repeatedly shows that the connection of this phone on my home network is intermittent. It seems to disconnect / re-connect every few...
  20. Windows 10 Please help.

    Hi guys. Unfortunately I have lovely neighbours who keep hacking me and have done on my windows laptop for the last 7 months. I want to switch off any facilities that allow them to make any changes to the laptop that will cause it to have problems. So I would like network sharing off. Remote...