pc connectivity

Microsoft continues to blur the lines between PC and smartphone integration with its latest update to Windows 11. For the first time, iPhone users can enjoy direct integration with their devices right from the Start menu—a feature that previously catered exclusively to Android users. If you’ve...

Hi guys :), I want to ask you for an advice about my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone. I have a Win 7 PC and it detects my phone automatically when I connect it with the cable. I also have an old Win XP PC with no internet connection that I use only for some old games, my XP PC can't detect my phone...

PC Windows 7 64 bit .... Trying to connect a new camera (Canon G16) via USB lead into PC When I plug camera into PC ... get "USB device not recognized" when I click on error msg (Windows) shows as 'unknown device' resolution offered is that it asks me to install driver for device, which I...

Hello guys. Yesterday i went to the pub with a few friends, and my internet has been working perfectly for around a month now, after i just got my pc setup. I came home last night and suddently i had no connection. It showed this down at the internet connection: Link Removed I have tried to...

I'm trying to set up a file and sharing network between my PC's, 2 Win 7's and 1 Vista, and I'm having a bit of trouble. I followed all the steps in the tutorials across the web including this link, Link Removed, and the closest I could get is the Vista accessing one of the 7's. All the PC's see...

Hi, I am trying to use WLM RA to connect to another W7 PC. Occasionally it works OK but usually when I accept the invite WLM disconnects me and brings up a box telling me it will reconnect in X seconds. If I keeping getting the other PC to send invites it might eventually work but it may take...

CES 2011 was bigger than ever this year. I hit the show floor where Ryan Asdourian from Microsoft was giving a demo about Kinecting to your PC. He also takes us through Live Mesh. Link Removed Link Removed

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...

I have a Windows 7 PC that is my main box, and the Windows XP box is used as file storage. I also have a Windows XP laptop from work. All 3 PC's can access the internet. The Windows 7 PC cannot ping anything else on the network. The 2 XP machines can ping each other. The XP laptop can ping the...

Tried and Tired Connecting 2-3 XP Pro PCs and 1 Windows 7 PC Ultimate to a "Linksys EFAH05W 5 Port Hub". My Neighbor and I share a wireless routher "DLink WBR-2310" I have set-up the Windows 7 PC as my main "Host" Computer, it has two network adapters 1. "Intel Pro 10/100 VE Network...

I am running 2 PC's with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. In explorer both list each other but cannot access shared folders. In Homegroup both say ther is no homegroup on the network . Both have the newtork set to Home. I also have a Vista Ultimate 64 bit PC which can see both Windows 7 PC's and they...

Hi all, my 1st post here. :) I'm trying to connect 2 PCs running win7 using a crosscable. They're both on the 64-bit version currently, but I'll be shifting to 32-bit soon. I've connected a cat-6 crosscable to the onboard NICs on both PCs. One has an asus M3A78-EM board, and the other is an...

Just set up a homegroup using 2 pcs running Windows 7 Ultimate (Build 7600), both pcs can see each other and connect to view the libraries this is where the problem arises when i try to open a library on the remote pc, it wont open it even though there are files in that area on the pc i am...

I bought this about a year ago, an APC battery backup surge protection, 350 es. Now I'm having problems with it. I get frequent power surges that when it does happen I can here a click in the battery backup. This happens when the PC is on or off. When PC is off and this happens and I turn my PC...

Hey everyone, I'm on the verge of tears over this! I recently installed 7 (x64) RC on my desktop which I had been using, among other things, to stream movies, music etc. to my XBox 360. Since installing 7 I've had no joy getting the XBox to even acknowledge the existence of the PC, either...

I have an older Sony Digital8 Camcorder, Model DCR-TRV350 NTSC. When I connect it to my PC via Firewire, Windows 7 recognized it and installed a driver which shows up in Device Manager under Imaging Devices as "Sony DV Camcorder". However, if I try to capture video from it using a program such...