internet access

Having been encouraged to upgrade to Fall Creators Update I experienced problems with windows freezing. Eventually, I decided to cut my losses and return to the old version of W10. Now I find I need a password to access Windows. I've tried several and believe one of them is correct but it tells...

Several weeks ago, I had to do a restart on my Asus laptop (Norton couldn't repair a drive). Since then, I can't access any Windows apps (One Drive, Store, etc.) According to Windows, I have no internet access, which just isn't true (I'm using it for everything else!). I had two chat sessions...

Hi, I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Is there some way I can use Windows Firewall to only allow access to the internet for email (I use outlook 2013) and also say Chrome Browser? Occasionally I use my iPhone to tether my windows 7 laptop, but I have a very limited data plan. I...

After restoring an old XP Home machine to initial state, I can't seem to connect to the internet. The machine is working fine with my workgroup (Win 7, 8.1 & 10 systems on that group), but TCP/IP doesn't show up in the LAN Properties. I am using an ARRIS gateway (cable modem, router & switch)...

Hello, I have Windows 10 Creators Update installed, not an insider, and everything works just fine, except, I just noticed that I have both Windows Defender Antivirus (old) and Windows Defender Security Center (new). Isn't the old one supposed to be removed automatically? My Security Centre can...

Windows 10 64 bit; NetGear N300 WiFi Router, Firefox 54.0.1 On my desktop computer, the network keeps disconnecting from the internet during periods when my browser is closed. I've had no troubles until a few weeks ago when the problem suddenly appeared. While connected to the internet, the...

Ever since my laptop updated to Windows 10, it's had lots of network problems. A couple of weeks ago it just stopped connecting to the internet completely. It appears the network drivers no longer work. Apparently my brother had tried to "fix the internet by messing with the command thing", and...

I have an old Windows XP computer that has been getting updates regularly, so I am not worried about it being hacked. But after reinstalling XP, it can only access the Internet via a wireless adapter, not via an ethernet connection. And when I plug the ethernet cable into the computer, there is...

Firstly, yes, I did look up on the internet about this and it didn't help me much, as far as I can tell. The problem is that most pages show the loading icon, spinning, but never loading the page. It doesn't show any error message, after a while, it just shows an empty screen. I use Windows...

My computer went through an automatic update. It was working fine I wouldn't have done it if it didn't force me. Now it loads a temporary profile and is literally useless as attempting to connect to the Internet says the proxy server isn't responding. I tried system recovery, it is also useless...

I know this is a common problem, and I've looked at other peoples' related threads, and tried to do what they said, but I still have no internet access via Ethernet connection to my router. Usually a simple reboot, disabling and reenabling and reboot would solve the problem. This time it has...

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 need to set up a Win7 workstation for some software that won't run under Win10. I live in the boonies so my Internet access is via LTE with a 35G allotment before expensive overage charges. I can't afford to waste 10% of my monthly allotment downloading a Win10 upgrade I don't need for that...

Hello people! I have two internet systems at home. The first is a Vodafone mobile router, which is limited to 8GB per month, and gives a fine speed of around 7 Mbps according to speedtest.net and I have a second broadband connection at home which can be used as Wi-Fi as well as be plugged-in to...

I have an AT&T 3801 Router. My big PC is plugged directly into it and I can play any video from any source, even at 1080p60. On my laptop, about 60' away and connected thru my LG TV, I am getting WiFi speeds of up to 15 Mbps. However, YouTube videos struggle to play at base 720p. My computer is...

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...

After having used for some years another firewall I considered now to switch to MS built in Windows Firewall (in Win 7 Pro). So I deinstalled the old FW and enabled the MS WF. When I go now to wf.msc e.g into "Inbound rules" section then there are much to my surprise many "Allow" rules for...

So, I'm kind of a noob with computers. I really only know the basics. So when I encountered this problem, I was just a little confused. Just a little. So I logged onto my computer one day, and I see this "!" on my log in screen on the bottom right where my connection usually is. So I have no...

Hey guys! My Cortana on my Win 10 desktop seemed to work fine up till yesterday, since when, Cortana is unable to reply to simple chat questions. I mean, if I would ask, " Hey Cortana! What's up?", she'd have usually told me about this day in history, but since yesterday, she only says stuff...

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...