network connections

10 Pro identifies the network ID as Business regardless of being set (repeatedly) as a "home" computer. The result is a morass of network connections and passwords that work then fail and change in inexplicable ways with every reboot. I have edited the registry, group policy, adapter...

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...

I'm using my Windows8 laptop and I can't share my 3G connection via Connectify, mHotspot etc. even typing the netsh commands. What confuses me is that in the Network Connections window, instead of "Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport adapter" an adapter named "Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual...

Please help!!! I am unable to access Internet through LAN after installing Widows 7 64 bit Ultimate Edition on my PC. Earlier, I had Windows XP SP3 32 bit installed on the PC and the Internet worked fine. I did Low Level Formatting of the hard disk from using Seagate SeaTools for DOS (order of...

Revision Note: V1.11 (January 12, 2011): Corrected the link to the release notes for Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Portal in the FAQ. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is announcing the availability of a new feature, Extended Protection for Authentication, on the Windows platform. This feature...

Ok so on my tablet pc i've been trying to set up the wireless network. I cant get it to connect or even find my network. Im running Windows 7. When I go to Network Connections my Wireless Network Connection is Enabled but it is Not Connected. How can I fix this? If you need any more information...

Revision Note: V1.7 (October 12, 2010): Updated the FAQ with information about a non-security update enabling Windows Server Message Block (SMB) to opt in to Extended Protection for Authentication. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is announcing the availability of a new feature, Extended Protection...

Hello, I've tried searching the plentiful problematic posts, but I cannot find my exact dilemma. When it comes to networking, I'm as lucky as the man who played Russian Roulette with a loaded glock. Nothing ever goes my way. I have an XP laptop set up, I used to disable sharing because I...

Hi All, I have a 5 month old Dell Inspiron 1564 with a Dell WLAN 1397 Wireless card. I was having some trouble connecting to my wireless router, and as a last attempt to get it working, I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver for my wireless card, using a fresh download of the latest version...

Windows 7 Starter and Netgear WGR614. It worked fine and now I cannot get Internet anymore. It is my daughter's laptop and guess she has played around where she sould not. I am new to Windows 7. To make matters worse the OS is in Portuguese and it may be diffcult to get close translations...

Sure, I know I'm going to get a lot of static for this, but here goes anyway: Left and right panes of Explorer windows are not synchronized. The inevitable result will be (and has been) that people will press the Delete key on the wrong item. This is a major design flaw which causes the loss...

I have a HP pavilion dv9917cl laptop. Nvidia Geforce 7150M/630M Integrated ethernet adapter, Nforce 630M. Updated to Windows 7 32-bit from Vista 32-bit, custom (start from scratch) install. Initially my ethernet adapter showed up in Device Manager as Nforce Networking Controller, not working...

where can i edit the shortcuts in the start menu i want to add a direct link to "network connections" in windows 7

Hi, an eror message has been bugging my lately, rather since I started using programs which use the remote access connection manager. one of them is songbird (the fire-foxy media player) which cannot listen to shared music, and SecondLife which uses it to make http calls, both of which make up...

I've got Win7 beta 7100 networking with a public wireless network and a private LAN. I have two network adapters. The wireless network has to be set to obtain an IP automatically. In order to enable Internet access via the wireless network and file sharing via LAN, the IP on the LAN adapter has...

The Tweaking with Vishal web site writes up a quick registry hack that adds Recycle Bin, Network Connections, Admin Tools, or even Search to your My Computer window. The process works by adding a single key to the registry for each icon you want to add to the My Computer window. To add the...

Help Whenever I try to open/run any of the listed control applets I receive the error as shown in the attachment....... Display Settings Internet Options Regional and Language Sound Advanced Power Network Connections Game Controllers Mouse Keyboard Date and Time Security Center I...