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Hi all. I am not originally a windows user, mainly use fedora 20 but on 2 of my laptops there are windows 8 and windows 7 installed. Originally I wanted to have access via ssh to them from my fedora machine. But keep getting disconnected than I tried connecting one windows 7 machine to one...

I am working with a couple of inhouse computers (Desktop & notebooks) in a LAN behind a router. In the past I have always setup the router IP 192.168.0.1 as DNS server in the Win 7 LAN settings dialog. Does that make sense? Because the router hardware itself does not contain a DNS server (or...

Have recently upgraded a pc to WIN 8.1 Pro 64 bit from WIN 7 64 bit. Before the upgrade I had a DxTreme 380 media box located in the lounge room and networked via Cat6 cable to the pc in the bedroom. All devices on the network - Samsung tv, DxTreme box + 4 PC's have static IP addresses...

Hello, I have recently intalled wndows xp home on a dektop pc and need a temporary internet connection. I do not have a wireless network adapter so i require a phyical connection. I cannot connect pc and router via physical connection as the router is located within a lodgers room, and would be...

W7 and w8 are both installed but in different partition. The w8 doesn't detect my LAN. No light on NIC. tried downloading driver from msi website. Disabling enabling didn't work too. Changed duplex to 100mbps full still nothing. Disabled fast start nothing. But no problem on w7. Any thoughts?

I did a dual boot w7 and 8. Installed 8 on new partition. Installed the drivers from my msi cd. Just like what i did on my 7. When i log in it says cable unplugged. No light on nic. Cant detect. I uninstalled and reinstalled lan driver, changed duplex to 100 mbps full and nothing. When i go to 7...

Ever since I updated some of our company laptops (Sony Vaio E-Series) and a desktop to Windows 8.1 they seem to have a problem with connecting to the server domain on wireless and one of them on LAN when they boot up. They connect to the router but somehow forget to log on to the domain as well...

Hello, I am trying to prevent getting spied on over my LAN. I believe the only way for this to be done is for the sleuth to use remote login. I have very little knowledge on networking, and am assuming the solution has something to do with disabling incoming ports on Windows Firewall. Thank you...

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I have this problem. I can get on my Ubunutu machine and see the windows machine. I can bring up the work group icon for the windows 7 machine on my Ubunutu machine. Then Windows 7 wants a pass word. I do not have a clue to what it would be. It is not the administers password. How do I...

Hello everyone at WindowsForum! I have a questions to all the gamers out there. I am a guy who is thinking of starting my own tournaments and LAN activity here in Sweden. Such as Dreamhack and etc. Now we all know that Dreamhack is really big in this occupation. But they are just hosting this...

Asume I run a notebook which is currently successfully connected to a WLAN. Fine. Now I plugin a cable to another (!) physical Router into the LAN slot of the notebook. In order to configure this (second) router I have to type into the browser the localhost addres 192.168.0.1 But this way...

Since I replaced the motherboard on my IBM ThinkCentre, I'm getting some odd error messages on the BIOS preboot screens. First, it mentions that a processor BIOS wasn't found and a configuration change error. On the next screen titled as in this post's title above, it shows indications of it...

Easily update Network Interface Card Drivers from Realtek: Network interface card drivers are often left neglected on many systems. Yet the updates that are brought forth can be beneficial to resolve connectivity problems on LANs and WANs. This video tutorial demonstrates how to acquire...

I had this wonderful script that I got from someplace (can't recall) that enabled or disabled lan connections in windows xp. I used it to turn the wireless card on/off as the card made clicking noises during recording/playback of music files. I have just performed a clean install of windows 7...

Hi, so I've been having problems with my desktop dropping network connections with my home linux file server. Anytime I go to stream a file from it, it may play for 1-5 minutes then dies and the program playing it, wmp or vlc, locks up and I have to kill it from the task manager. It'll play...

Can someone provide me with a step by step guide, please? The ones I found didn't work for me. Basically I want to share internet connection from laptop to desktop like this. Wi-Fi -> Laptop -> Cable -> Desktop

I have scoured the message forums, but haven't found any suggestions that will fix my problem with networking a Windows 7 computer. The problem: My Windows Vista computer can see the entire rest of the network: Tvs wired by LAN, as well as a wired printer and a wifi printer. My Windows 7...

Good day I have a HP Probook 4730s When I use it at work on the LAN with a cable it works all day everyday, but as soon as I switch over to Wifi either at home or at my work it give me the BSOD sometimes a few minutes goes by other times within a few seconds. I have tried to attach as...

Hello, I have had this problem for a while, usually I would restart and it would be fixed, but its not this time. I use WIFI and connect to a wireless router, and it just randomly switches to LAN when I restart the computer/ Start back up. When I try to connect to a connection, it doesn't show...