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    Windows 7 Windows 7 intermittent internet access / local only help

    Hi all, We're pretty much stumped as to why we're having this problem. We've been with our ISP for nearly 2 years without this problem, and about last week suddenly 2 of the 5 desktop PCs on the network suddenly developed the local internet access issue. 3 of the 5 desktop PCs use...
  2. Windows 7 Windows firewall and port forwarding problems [Mystery]

    Hello, I am having serious issues with my port forwarding. This is my long story made short: I used to have a modem which couldn't be port-forwarded, so I got a new one from my ISP. I called my ISP (I have ADSL internet connection) so they opened 2 ports, they did so successfully. The ports are...
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    Windows 7 windows update conspiracy

    I have had windows 7 installed from an OEM disk for about 6+ months. I have always had auto updates disabled. last night I shutdown the computer just to find 98 updates being installed. I was just a little disappointed, for a couple of reasons. one reason is it seems to take longer to boot after...
  4. Windows Live Mail, Photo Gallery and Movie Maker

    I installed these portions of Windows Live within my Win 8 Dev Preview. I am able to connect to, read my Hotmail mail, answer my mail, etc. I am having problems connecting to my ISP pop server to check that account, but since this is an early preview, and not my working OS, I am not real...
  5. America's Cellphone Networks: Pay By The Gigabyte under the Too Big To Fail Plan

    Paying by the Gigabyte and Getting Locked In The greatest fraud ever perpetrated against consumers may exist at the old offices of Enron, or maybe some Federal Reserve banks. But here in the United States, it has not been uncommon to see cellphone companies gouge customers under the excuse that...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 - Valid Internet Connection but won't load pages.

    We have our Server running Windows Server 2003. We have 2 other desktop computers running XP and a laptop also running XP connected. We replaced one of the XP computers with a brand new Windows 7 computer. I am connected to the LAN just fine and when you click on "get online," it's says that...
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    Windows 7 How to split one ISP IP address with a switch?

    Trying to get two computers running on one IP through a simple dynex switch. Can comp 2 mimic the ISP's address? Edit: Or could I manually assign the homegroup an IP for the ISP and split it from there like a router? Trying to do this without a router.
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    Windows 7 Can I Use My Router Setup at a Friend's House with the Same ISP?

    Belkin told the following will work but my trust is here. I run my isp cable to my modem>router> desktop and the laptop is connected wirelessly. I am going to visit a friend with the same isp - Can I use the same setup at her house(using my passsphrase) or should I run the ethernet cable...
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    Windows 7 Set time frame for windows system downloads

    My ISP lmits my download to almost nothing, except for three hours in the early morning. I have a monitor in my notification area that tells how many MB I have left (this is from the ISP), and during the day with nothing running my MB slowly drops. I installed NetBalancer, to see where all the...
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    Windows 7 Remote Assistance stopped working on both ends.

    Need a little help from an expert on Remote Assistance… I use windows remote assistance (RA) often to preclude the painfully grueling challenge of explaining computer stuff to elderly (and grossly inept) computer users. RA works great to show these users how to do something in a snap, but...
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    Windows 7 Internet speed loss

    Hey there guys. So here's my problem : I've been experiencing in the last 5-6 months a progressive loss of internet speed. I've called my ISP tech support and they told me to do a reset to the modem for about 10s. It worked lol. For about 1 or 2 days -.- Then it went to it's same position...
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    Windows 7 Cannot connect via cable modem

    New computer - Dell Inspiron 15R laptop. Windows-7 home premium 64-bit. Trying to access internet. 7 gives connection option of Broadband where ISP requires ID and Password. However, my ISP does not require this info to log on....its just "plug-n-play" I have run every test and diagnostic...
  13. Forum not responding...

    Anyone else having problems with the forum not responding and getting time outs? Looks like it might be my ISP. It appears Road Runner is showing many areas of degradation..
  14. Windows 7 don't want other PC's visible

    Hello. I just got Windows 7 and already stomped into issues. I can see other PC's in the network. That's wouldn't be so bad if I didn't know they can see me too. I'm not sociopath or something but I prefer privacy. Now I think it's my ISP's fault. I'm connected to a LAN (local?) at all times and...
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    Windows 7 BSOD (multiple messages)

    I have a Dell Studio 1555; Intel 2 Duo CPU, T6600 @2.20GHz, 4 GB RAM and it has worked great up until 3 days ago. There was an issue with our ISP being down this past Saturday. Once they got it back up and running, I used the internet for maybe 20 minutes and then got the first of many BSODs...
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    Windows 7 Multiple display problems. Running 4 monitors on two video adapters

    Here’s my setup: I am running 4 flat panel monitors with two video cards as follows: OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit Motherboard: MSI 760GM-E51 Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 Memory: 8gb DDR3 Video Card #1: nVidea EVGA GeForce GT 430 PCIe 2.0 w/1024 DDR3 RAM Video Card #2: nVidea EVGA GeForce...
  17. Windows 7 10Gbs connection

    This morning I woke up to find that I had a 10Gb/s internet connection, I only noticed because my 3GB Call of duty: Black OPs and a torrent download of 5GB Dowloaded in <1minute, then 5 hours later I get a phone call from Testra Our ISP, finding out why we had been downloading so much in so much...
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    Windows 7 Web Browsing doesn't work

    I have a very annoying a problem. Sometimes when I'm browsing my internet just stops working, and I can't use the web browsers, but programs such as torrent clients, skype and others work, just the web browsing doesn't work. The other computer that's connected not wireless to the internet...
  19. BT Broadband must be training noobs

    Just had a laugh at BT's expense, they rang me trying to flog me BT-broadband... they tried to tell me the max my line can support is 3.5mb, I told them outright they need to check that because on BE ISP i've had 2+ years with actual speeds of never less than 9mb, usually 10-12mb from a 24mb...
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    Windows 7 Failed / intermittent wifi and internet connection

    Firstly thank you for the help with my ipconfig query yesterday! Now to the main problem which is connectivity. It is an Acer Aspire 5734z laptop with pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium, bought new about four weeks ago. Sometimes the wifi wont connect to router on start-up. Sometimes it...