home network

I took it out of the box this morning -- Lenovo Desktop 510S with Win10. My first new PC since Win7! I have received 3 different messages while trying to connect to my home network: First, I got this message: IRQL_UNEXPECTED_VALUE. I rebooted and this time I got the message WINDOWS 10...

this is an odd one, I'm thinking initially that at some times during the day, I can have up to 10 devices connected, wife, kids, wireless printer, android tablets, iphone, 2 windows phones and 5 total laptops though, not connected all at once. Also an Xboxone, an Xbox 360 which are seldom on. my...

I have my Windows 10 Pro computer to connected to cable modem via Ethernet. I am not using Wi-Fi, just Ethernet only. I discovered two folders that I have not seen before. I deleted the folders and tried to turn off file sharing. I clinked to save changes and looked at the file explorer and...

Hello everyone. I've got a problem on my Windows 7 computer. When I tried to connect to my Wi-Fi hotspot at my home, the connection was successful, and the Internet worked well as usual. But, after 10 minutes, my computer network connection became disconnected and I couldn't connect it again...

I have win10, win7 and winXP on our home LAN. I have XP because I have a printer that needs XP: no drivers available for any other brand of Windows: a Laserjet 3150. So the printer hangs off that PC as a local printer. Now I think if I want to access it across the network from these other...

My WiFi has fast download (750 bps) but slow streaming/buffering. YouTube videos and other sites' content can only (sometimes) be played at 720p. 720p60 is impossible. NetFlix works okay, after stuttering several times when beginning a show. I have AT&T Elite. My main computer is directly...

I have an old (10 years) computer which I have had to reinstall Windows XP on.This was done using the original installation disc. To use this disc I had to reformat the hard drive. The computer is now running XP again. The original installation disc was of course also 10 years old so the...

I want to lock one computer out of our home LAN - yet let it still access the wifi so's it can get the internet. How can I do that? The purpose is to avoid any contamination it might pick up being spread across the LAN.

Just after upgrading to the new Windows 10 anniversary update, I'm having problems with my network shares going offline after computer restarts and hibernation. The shared folders that I have set up are hidden/administrative type shares with the $ symbol at the end of the share name. After a...

I purchased TP-LINK Archer C7 router to replace my existing router. I'm trying to set up my network again and having problems in doing so. My wife had purchased a HP laptop with Win 10 before I replaced the router and was having intermittent problems then with the network. The win 10 computer...

my 2.4 ghz connection would connect instantly when i boot my computer... but it takes about 5 minutes for windows to connect to my 5ghz connection... whats causing it? i checked and the 5ghz connection doesnt show up on the list of wireless connections for the first five minutes after booting...

I have two Windows 10 PCs on a home network. When I try to access PC1 from PC2, I get a window that asks for a user name and password, which I don't remember. How do I reset the users and passwords on PC1? Thanks for any help. Regards, Jim

hi there i dont understand internet terms or networking concepts at all i know how to open a browser and use it though... i have a modem with 4 plugs and 3 computers 2 xp and 1 windows 7 i have been using 2 on the modem and now i have a new xp maxchine. all are connected to the modem with one...

I share files on my home network between my desktop PC and my laptop. I often move files between the two computers by placing folders on the desktops and then working with them or moving them to specific folders. The network for my laptop lists its desktop folder, but for the desktop PC, the...

Last night, the hinge on my roommate's computer broke. At the same time, his network card stopped working. The Internet connection works, the Network Connections window says the connection is enabled despite the red x on the connection itself, and diagnostics on the network say the card is...

I recently upgraded a win7 computer on our lan to win10. now i find I cannot copy files from another computer on the net, winxp, to this new win10. previously I could and did, quite frequently. now the win10 computer tells me i need admin permissions. and the winxp computer tells me to...

Link Removed Since Windows 8.1, Microsoft has been providing native support for 3D printers with most popular printers already enabled via USB plug and play (see this Link Removed). Today, we have added a new Windows 10 IoT Core sample app, “Network 3D Printer” that adds support for an even...

I'm trying to share a Windows 7 folder with a Windows 10 computer. I do NOT want to have identical user accounts on each machine. The objective is to share the folder, which I have done many times. Here are as many details as may be relevant: Password file sharing is turned off on both...

How do I turn in a software pirate to Microsoft? I have a roommate that has a pirated/unpaid for version of Windows 7 Ultimate on his pc. Person, is starting to be a pain & and payback is a bitch. Especially, when it comes from a non-thief, that pays for everything he has. I let him on my...

I've run an Ethernet cable to a second floor bedroom router (TP-LINK TL-WR841ND) to give better network connectivity due to distance from the first floor access point, which is also a TL-WR841ND. This cable is connected from yellow LAN port on the secondary to yellow LAN port on the primary...