internet connection

I have a Macbook and an Airport Extreme router, and it worked just fine with our Windows XP. The ethernet cable was connected from the modem to the router, and I had connection for both my Macbook and my Windows XP. However, once I got Windows 7 for my home computer, the connection did not...

Hi, I have the following weird problem: I have three machines A) WinXP Pro SP3 32bit B) WinXP Home SP3 (32bit) C) Win7 Pro 64bit They are all connected through a router to the same DSL modem. Each has its own unique static IP. Each can access the internet without a problem. Computers A) and...

Hi, I just upgraded to Windows 7 today, and I'm trying to set up a static IP with my PPPoE connection but whenever I follow the steps on this site I can't connect to the internet. That site worked fine for me when using windows XP, so I don't know what exactly is going wrong here. I'm not sure...

my Windows 7 pro 64-bit and Windows XP machines are connected via a netgear gs605 switch which then connect to a netgear wpn824v2 router to the internet. Both Machines can find each other if I type \\machinename into explorer and files are then accessible by both. I guess I should be happy that...

Ive been having issue with CoD2 ever since i did a full install of windows 7. My issue right now is my PING. Before i had windows 7 i ran the game on xp 32 bit, and my ping was usually between 50-90. Ive always played on the same dedicated server (PotW stock), and my internet connection is...

The virtual router function in W7 is fantastic and I am running a small PAN now consisting of a media server with a WiFi card and connection to internet, and two laptops connected using WiFi to the server. My question is about speed and radio type. The server has a Ralink RT2860 chip which...

I have Windows 7 64bit, a Belkin router, and a Wifi usb card. I have a Windows Xp computer networked and shared on the router. I get my internet from the Wifi usb card. I would like to use the internet off the wifi card, but also still connect to my network and get files from the XP...

Hi i hope someone can help me. i'm not amazing at using computers and i bought a new laptop but cannot connect to the internet. it comes up with saying when i diagnose the problem that the local area connection does not have a valid ip configuration is there anything that i can do to fix...

OK i have win 7 and it wont let me change network typ to home.the way that your sopus to change doesnt work i catt click on pub network...and i dont know why and i cant connect to the internet on my bros wifi comcast!!! helplzz!!

Hello.. I got a new acer laptop very reccently and today I tried to connect to the internet. On our main house computer we have a Packerd Bell that's Windows Vista and it connects fine to TalkTalk (It's a wired connection). So tonight when I put in the installation disc into my laptop to install...

Hello, Folks, In my Win7 installation, my network shows up as "Network 2" when I mouse over the Internet Connection icon in the Application Tray (lower right-hand corner). No big deal, but I only have one network, and it used to say "Network" at one time. How do I change it back to say...

My Sweex 140 Nitro XM (Link Removed due to 404 Error) doesn't work with Windows 7. 1.) Digital Signature of the driver is not ok to win 7. I can solve this problem by pressing f8 while booting and ignore the digital signatures of drivers. 2.) If I did the thing I wrote about in 1.), win 7...

I realize there are a number of XP/7 networking threads. I'm not seeing in any of them the specific situation I have so I'm starting antoher. This is an existing wireless network, with three XP machines and one Vista machine. All connect and share just fine. I'm adding one Win7 machine...

Hello everyone! This is my first time here in the forums, so help me along the way if I've done something wrong. I upgraded to Windows 7 home premium from Vista home premium about a week ago, and unlike the average consensus, it has been nothing for trouble for me. I have had performance issues...

I've got Windows 7 Pro, and needed to install the Virtual PC option to get access to XP. All went well and everything is installed. However, when I switch to the XP session, I cannot connect to the net and I get a "The page cannot be displayed" error. None of the other software for accessing...

Hi guys, Today I installed windows 7 on one of my old machines I had knocking about, its a HP Pavilion Ze5700, yeah, seriously old. System spec: Intel Celeron R, CPU 2.80Ghz, 1024 mb RAM, x86. I can't connect to the internet or hear sound. I think if i figure out the network adapter, i can...

So I've recently noticed a problem with my Windows 7 x64 PC where whenever I rebooted, when it came back to the welcome screen it was staying there saying "Please wait," for a few minutes (not sure what it was doing, but it was doing it in safe mode too...) So I wanted to check my eventlog to...

I recently upgraded a Dell XPS Gen 2 M170 from Vista to Win7 Ultimate. Everything went fine except the Broadcom NIC was not recognized. I was able to get it installed using XP drivers in compatibility mode. Now whats driving me nuts is that when I try to connect to the internet, I get this...

Hi all i have just purchased a dell inpiron 5415 laptop with windows 7. I cannot get it to connect to my livebox with wifi. I pluged it in with ethernet cable and it worked instantly i didnt need to click on anything. My laptop picks up my livebox with full signal. Enter in my secerity key and...

Hi there. I have a dual LAN on my motherboard and windows 7 installed. No.1 is connected to the internet and no.2 is my LAN. I connect a second computer with windows 7 to the LAN with crossed Ethernet cable. I have internet connection and file sharing on both computers, however the host computer...