internet issues

I use Windows 7 Home Premium, 32-bit OS on a Lenovo G530 (so I'm having enough issues with my screen brightness, too). About a week ago my computer's anti-virus security program, Avast, started detecting possible infections but when I went to take care of them, the program wouldn't do...

Hi Folks, I am using Win7 Home found that neither the Windows update nor I can connect to Microsoft Update update website if I connect my laptop to internet via my LINKSYS Wireless-G adapter. However, I do have internet connection, and can connect to many other website except Link Removed or...

Alright so to begin, I'm currently using a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit, everything has been running great for the past 3 months give or take. Then all of a sudden about a week ago i lost internet even though everything was all hooked up. So I figured i would restart my PC, to my surprise...

A few weeks ago, I restored my computer to the factory image. I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit and haven't installed any service packs yet. About a week ago, however, I was randomly prompted to validate Windows again, even though I had (obviously) done it when I first restored my...

Laptop specs: Manufacturer: TOSHIBA Processor: Celeron(R) Dual-Core CPU T3100@ 1.90GHZ Installed memory (RAM) 2.00 GB (1.87 GB usable) System type: 64-bit Operating Sytem Display: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Not sure if you need this information - but I listed my laptop specs just...

Network adapter in question is Intel PRO\1000 PL Here's how it went everything has been fine for awhile then I rebooted my machine today and then I had a red X on the network icon in the systray and no internet. So I rebooted my router then my machine and still had the red X on the network icon...

hey everyone, we just bought a new desktop from a computer shop that they built for us and it has windows 7. we bought it like last week.. it was working perfectly but for some reason now when i turn it on it takes AGES to load the welcome screen, spends AGES on a black screen before actually...

Hi, About a month back my motherboard died and I had to get a new one (ECS - GeForce 6100PM-M2). Prior to the death of the old MoBo, I was connected via a wired connection to my cable router. When I replaced the MoBo, I now get a message telling me the ethernet cable is connected to an...

Okay, first off, I posted on the windows site about 5 hours ago and no one has helped me yet. I'm going to post exactly what I posted there and all the steps and actions I have taken and the consequences. Woke up this morning, turned on my computer and now for some reason, it won't load...

I used to have windows xp. While using it my computer would occasionally freeze up for a second and then go back to normal. It usually did this about every 10-20 seconds. If I jiggled my hard drive SATA cable the problem would go away and then come back about 1 to 2 weeks later and I would just...

I just upgraded my home office computer to Windows 7 (from XP) All went reasonable well, given the age of my system. I had some difficulty getting it to play well with my graphics card but other than that I was happy...until I started setting up the home network. I got it to work, but...

I have recently been having problems with windows 7 when trying to use the internet. It will work fine for a while but then all of a sudden it will stop finding web pages and any downloads etc i have going on. After restarting it works fine again but only for a short period of time. I checked...

Im curently deployed in iraq and the internet here wont connect to automatic updates so i have to do them all manually. The only problem is i cant seem to find a way to manually install the driver that windows wants to install for the optional updates. Is there a way to manually download these...

Hello everyone, I have just joined this forum in search of further understandings of Windows 7. I have just recently installed Windows 7 on my Toshiba Laptop and am having some troubles. I have no idea how to view wireless connection. I go to the Network and Sharing section of Control Panel and...

I just got a new Dell 1555 Studio laptop with Windows 7 Home Professional, the router I have is a Actiontech MI424WR and our provider is FIOS...everything works great except I can connect to the router and the internet will work for a variable amount of time but then suddenly not work. It'll...

I have recently installed windows 7 on my laptop, hp tx2500. I like it but what worries me is that, youtube videos are not loading. When i click on a link, i get the image of a circle in the center of the video, indicating that it is loading but it never does, some times i get a blank black...

hello guys i was wanting to know if anyone has had any problems with s3 sleep with windows 7 . somtimes when i put my pc into sleep mode and then resume it it starts up ok then after about a minute it locks up and then goes into a blue screen of death the internet icon on the taskbar has a...

Hello, When connecting plugging an Ethernet cable into my laptop, I have no internet access. -The troubleshooter's results are "The DNS Server is not responding." -I do not have "Bonjour Services." -Ethernet was working before on Vista, and still works on my Ubuntu laptop -Upgrade, not clean...

Hey guys! I just joined here and I'm having a major problem with my computer. Two days ago I upgraded my desktop computer from Windows XP Home to Windows 7 Pro. I'm studying at University and was granted access to the OS through a website called MSDN, a place that offers free software to...