internet access

If you downloaded a retail version of Windows 7 from the Microsoft Store site I need to know if it worked like when I downloaded the Beta version of Windows 7. Specifically, you order and then get an email that directs you to a download page on the internet. The reason I ask is that I live in...

Hi, just joined this forum and just recently installed Windows 7. Happy i found a forum like this. :) OK I am unable to launch Hotmail via Windows Live Messenger, whenever i click the mail icon nothing happens - same applies if i right click the WLM icon in the notification area and select...

this just popped in my email box: "The controversial landline tax, designed to fund next generation broadband services, is to be made law before the general election. The 50p a month landline tax is to be included in this year's finance bill with the aim to raise up to £175million a year...

Hello, Does anyone know if it's possible for me to set up two separate Workgroup profiles on my laptop? At both work and at home, there are networks with Windows XP computers, and the network at home also includes a Vista computer. I have Windows 7 RC on my laptop and would like to be able to...

I've got a deskjtop and a laptop and a DLink router. they were all linked happily a couple of years ago and still have their ip addresses. The desktop is hard-wired to the modem. the laptop has a wireless link. I've just upgraded both machines to windows 7 and am trying to link them. Windows...

A whole medley of problems - URGENT Well, i'm not even sure what's happening here, but it seems to be an OS problem. I closed my laptop, putting it into sleep mode, and when i opened it back up, it wouldn't boot back up into the operating system. I turned it off, turned it back on, and got a...

Hello all. I'm looking for a bit of help. I can not get connected to the network here. I installed windows 7 and the internet didn't initally work. I had to reset my CMOS to get it working. It worked fine for two days, and last night it randomly just lost connection. I tried to put in my...

when i start pc i see( Local area connection doesn t have a valid IP configuration) no connection ? when i start troubleshoot it solve problem? can i solve this problem ? so i can start windows 7 en not every time use trobleshooting to fix the problem tnx pascal

Hi all I have VM Cable and I am dual booting Vista Ultimate SP2 and Windows 7 RCM. Over the last two days my internet access has stopped in Win 7 but when I switch back to Vista everything is working! I also have a wireless router and just now with Win 7 telling me that there is no connection...

Hey guys, well I lost connection to my 2wire wireless router when I powered up my laptop after shutting it down last night. I tried a number of ways to fix it but to no avail. I looked to see if my laptop's network adapter was being weird but it had no problems whatsoever and my network adapter...

I am having difficulties logging into my dsl-g604t router's web interface using windows 7. The router works fine, and I am able to access the internet from both my desktop-ethernet and laptop-wireless (also running windows 7). If I try to connect to the router to enable port forwarding, etc...

Hey there. Ok I am having issues with windows 7 and other computers being able to access the internet. I have windows 7 installed on one PC and that is connected to the internet via d-link router. I have a laptop that also has windows 7 installed and it connects via the same router but...

This seems really strange to me and would like to tell the group what has gone on with my system for the last day or so. I set up a home group over the weekend and some where along the way, I lost access my VPN at work. I tried different computers and different OS's Vista Ultimate, XP Pro, 2000...

I just put Windows 7 on my HP dv6707us notebook last night. And everything worked fine with the installation and everything...until I tried getting on the internet. The network here is through wireless. You have to open up the browser and then a login page pops up and you login. I get the...

Hi all! First post & I nned lots of help.:confused: A little background. This PC was Win 2K until I installed Ubuntu Linux & deleted Windows. Ubuntu had no problem connecting to the internet from the start & still doesn't. Yesterday, I installed Win7 RC on the 2nd HDD (still have Ubuntu on the...

Hi, I have a Belkin Router and have setup port forwarding on the router, but this seems to no longer work now I have installed Windows 7 - any ideas?

I am running a netgear wireless setup, with a WPN111 adapter on the Windows 7 machine, I installed the software from netgear, but when I try to run the program, I get an error msg saying "DNIN50.dll is missing from your computer, please reinstall the program." I have reinstalled twice and keep...

On the 7100 build I was having issues where the network would just simply stop working. This same hardware worked perfectly with xp, vista, server 2K3 and 2K8. What happened was I would still be associated to the router but I'd get the little exclamation mark on the signal strength task bar...

Hey everyone. I just installed 7100 a couple days ago, and my wireless adapter can't seem to detect any networks. It is a D-Link DWA-552 N adapter, and my router is an Apple Airport Extreme. I've tried using drivers from DLink's website and running the setup in Vista compatibility mode, and also...