network settings

My home has four computers set up to share files & printers via a Windows 7 homegroup. Two computers are running Windows 7 Home Premium, and the other two are running XP Home. Everything works as expected with three of the computers. On the fourth, it is a one-sided conversation. The problem...

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...

I am unable to access the internet from public network connections.It shows that I am connected to the network, but will not let me go out to the internet or download email. I have no issues with this when I am on my home wifi network. Other people at these public locations do not have these...

As per a lot of other people on here, I'm having issues with connecting my desktop PC to my BigPond router. It will connect via wireless (have an installed D-Link DWA525 wireless card) but will not connect via LAN. I've changed the IP, DNS and Default gateways to the same as the other working...

Friend messed up is computer. He was trying to set up a domain name for remote assents. He did this computer proites, advaced settings, and changed the domain name to a url that he created of the internet. Now whats heppen after he did this... 1. windows logs in 2. lucns cmd to run everthing...

I have set all groups, users, etc. will all allow permissions. I have 2 computers - one laptop one desktop using windows 7. Laptop has Home Premium and desktop has Ultimate. I can access and alter/edit files when I am on the desktop and accessing the laptop. I can access but cannot...

hello everyone, I have 3 computers, two of them got successfully connected in a network. except for my laptop. i found that if a change the laptops default gateway to the default gateway of the other two computers, the laptop will be connected but it won't have internet because the DHCP is...

I know alot of people have posted the same topic but my situation is alot different than most! I am a soldier in Iraq right now and I am located at JSS Doura in Baghdad. Here in Iraq we have an Internet company called TigrisNet that provides us with internet. Well long story short one day...

Hi there, I seem to have a bit of a problem with my network at home. Usually I'm capable of fixing these problems myself since I have worked with PC's for almost twenty years now, but I'm a bit stuck on this one. Whenever I boot Windows 7, the internet icon at the task bar has the yellow...

When a program wants to access Internet but there is currently no connection then it seems to trigger the Win7 WLAN/Wifi service to search and auto-connect if possible to perform afterwards the actual task. This auto-search+connect is comfortable for the most cases but sometimes I don't want...

I am a novice so please bear with me. I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running windows 7. I have them connected to the internet through a dlink router. I had them networked by reading how to's on the web. Everything worked as it should. Due to an unrelated problem I had to restore...

I’ve been having networking issues, and I’m hoping someone can help. Here is what I have: Gateway FX System with Windows 7, Cradle Point MBR-1000 Router (3G usb router), and Venice V38 media player (for music, movies, pics, vids, etc…) I have a strong internet signal and I can access the...

Hi, my situation is this: imagine a place with 6 computers, they all have the same windows 7 ultimate instalation. one of them has a printer, a LX-300, shared as "pacote". I want to print remotely, using net use command. I write net use lpt2: Link Removed it gives me back: OK. if I write...

Ok, I have tried everything I know of. My XP machine can see/access my windows 7 machine BUT the windows 7 machine cannot see the XP. Both machines can ping each other. the Win. 7 is running mcafee free trial they give you and the XP is running Norton. Turned off both firewalls, no luck. I...

I use laptop in office & there I logon to a local domain. Now when I reach home (with wireless lan taking over) I could not logon with same credentials. This issue was not there in my earlier laptop with windows xp. This problem does not appear when my home wifi conenction is down. Which means...

A user on my LAN has a Windows 7 laptop that is used both at home and on my LAN. On my LAN, it must use a static IP with a certain DNS server setting. I have set this up and it works fine. But when the user takes it home and connects to their own wireless router, he reports the laptop is...

I have a network of XP computers connected to an SMC hub/router which works without problems, mainly using ethernet cables but occasionally on wireless. I am trying to connect a new Windows 7 laptop with a Realtek PCIe GBE controller and an Atheros AR9285 WiFi adapter. The laptop connects to...

When I first connected to my network, I selected "Public" instead of "Home." I try to change it from the Network and Sharing Center by clicking on "Public Network", and select "Home Network" but in the end the network still stays as a Public Network and I get a message saying "Windows was unable...

This is my first post to these forums. After reading a few threads, is seems that the people here are very knowledgeable and willing to help, which is exactly what I need. I've got a brand new Revo Aspire Nettop which came with XP installed. The first thing I did was do a format/install of...

Hello to all. This is my first post and mainly the reason for joining, but hopefully not the one for staying in this forum - it appears to be full of rich information. My problem is as follows: I have a hard wired home network setup "joined" by a Linksys router. My main Desktop runs W7 Ultimate...