network settings

Hi, Can anyone help me to find the option in Windows8 to share the Internet/Allow Users to share Internet with others. I have enabled the Hyper-V in Windows8RTM and I have created a VM. But Internet is not working in that seems the current system is not sharing internet. So I would like to...

I have a Del INSPIRON N4110 windows 7 home premium trying to connect to the public wifi Library network, SFPL-WIRELESS ( which I believe is the SSID). I attempt click connect to the network but it always says unable to connect or it attempts to connect by keep identifying the network. Clicking...

I've 2 PCs in my house both connected to a LAN switch (Encore ENH905-NWY). Both the PCs have Windows 7 Ultimate x64 installed. One has Realtek RTL8168B and another Realtek RTL8168C. I'm not a networking person and have less knowledge on networking, LAN, internet. When I switch on the LAN...

recently, I've started using Windows8. I've added several other computers in my house (the other computers are operating under Windows7) to my workgroup. Since then I've noticed that one of the other computers automatically starts up, the moment I open Windows Explorer on my own computer. I...

Today a little problem cropped up as I tried to watch a youtube video. As soon as I go to open it I got a sound loop crash (sounded like buzzing) and when I went to login it would crash on the windows 7 'jingle' at the login screen. This started happening the restart after I did a windows...

Hi. My Toshiba Satellite Laptop was reformatted just now and I have major problems with Internet Connections. I already Installed all the devices (which shows no error in Device Manager) cleanly. What happen now is every time I connect to the Internet I got a status like: IPv4 Connectivity : No...

This is a long story and I’m not sure where to start. I’ll start with the problem THEN explain what I’ve tried (for those who think they can help and want to keep reading). PROBLEM: I can’t get online. Icon in taskbar says I don’t have a network connection. Upon exploring, I find that Windows...

I am trying to fix a Samsung laptop for a friend. She admits to having 'fiddled' with the networking applets in Control Panel with the result that neither LAN nor Wi-fi functions any more. I have noticed that I am unable to use the GUI to access IPv4 Properties because the button is greyed out...

I bought windows 7 Ultimate, and installed it onto my windows Vista laptop, and everything is running smoothly. Until I tried to connect to my wireless router, but it keeps saying that I connect with limited connectivity, and troubleshoot says that it " does not have a valid IP configuration"...

I’ve been trying to stream media from my computer to the PS3. So far my guess is that the reason it isn’t working is because when I go to, Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Media streaming options, the pull down menu ‘Show devices on:’ is on ‘Local network’ and...

I've been having a problem with windows 7 and a network drive I have an smb file server on my network. On it I store a hell of alot of data. If I open that folder, and start clicking on files (to select them - not open them), the system will start suddenly lagging (while CPU use remains low)...

Hi ! I'm new here and I must say I am a n00b when it comes to Windwos 7 connection methods, please explain it to me step by step if possible. I have CANYON 11g AP Router which is conencted to this PC and a Windows 7 PC (my workstation). Last night the providers connection dropped so after...

Hello all, I am trying to access my other win 7 PC from a win 7 PC. I have done this with a few PC's in same location as the one I am having problems with now. I have the IP address of the PC, computer name and set everything up to allow for remote connection. When I try to access the PC...

Describes a problem in which you are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an FQDN site on a Windows Vista-based client computer that has no proxy configured. Provides a resolution. More...

This is my set up. I have my PC running Windows 7, connected through wireless to the internet and my home network via Apple Airport Extreme. I have a harddrive connected to the Airport Extreme acting as a network drive. I can see the network drive, and I pull files of all sizes from it...

I've been fiddling like mad for a couple of days now with a new Win7 Ultimate x64 machine "desktop", and using an old XP Pro machine as a fileserver, the last few hours getting the XP machine, which is rather old, to respond to Wake On LAN. I've been trying to track down why the DSL router is...

Hi All seems am missing something here,, my host pc is connected wirelessly via a dlink air plus usb adapter to my home wireless router and i am trying to connect another pc in my home office via a Ethernet cross over cable to share the internet connection i have changed the settings to share...

I am running an hp g4 notebook with windows 7 64 bit. I can connect to my home network just fine, but I am unable to connect to any public network. The networks show that the connections are available, but when I try to connect I either get a cannot connect error or connected but with no...

Enter "ipconfig" at the command prompt and CONNECTION-SPECIFIC DNS SUFFIX info will be listed. Where in Windows 7 is that DNS suffix info configured? Thanks.

I play a flight simulator on line with other guys. When I want to host the game, I give them my IP number but (I think) because of the fire wall, they cannot connect to my computer. How do I disable the fire wall and activate it later after the game? Thank you in advance for your help!!! Chris