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In a world where connectivity is the lifeblood of work and play, seeing the warning "Wi-Fi isn't secure" pop up on your Windows device can send a chill down your spine. If you've ever been connected to a sketchy Wi-Fi network, you know the feeling—like stepping into a dark alley in an unfamiliar...

I use an ASUS RT-AX88U router for my home network which is set to always use a specific IP address (i.e., 192.168.1.111) for my primary computer which has always worked fine for years. More than two months ago, the original ASUS motherboard in my 10+ year-old self-built PC, running Windows 10...

My grown son is staying with us (no snide remarks, please) and is a gamer. He has an Xbox and a very fast new Win10 gaming desktop (although he had the same problem with his previous Win7 system). Both are connected via wifi to the house dual band AC router on a 40Mbs down, 4Mbps up cable from...

Hi there Windows Forum Is there any other trusted smart port forwarding to use for Windows 10? Without paying for one ofc. Reason why I ask: One of our Discord members used or is trying to use Smart Port forwarding program to run Battlefield 3 with since he get's either no packet flow errors or...

I know this is a common problem, and I've looked at other peoples' related threads, and tried to do what they said, but I still have no internet access via Ethernet connection to my router. Usually a simple reboot, disabling and reenabling and reboot would solve the problem. This time it has...

I'm using a new HP laptop with Windows 8.1 and am unable to connect to my wireless internet. It doesn't even give me the opportunity to enter the security key. When I troubleshoot through both HP and Windows both seem to indicate an issue with my wifi adapter settings. Some googling about the...

I recently changed my gateway/router/modem from DSL to cable and naturally all the network settings were reset by the cable installer. I am fairly savvy about computers, but this guy was working at light speed and I could not see what he did. In any case my network is now named "Network 2" and I...

Hi! I have a laptop with win8 (64bit) inside it. The problem is: 1) Network discovery keeps turning itself on 2) File and print sharing keeps turning itself on 3) After the network discovery is turned on, there are odd new networks on the list. 1-2) Everytime I open the computer (or reboot...

I have a Dell XPS 13 running windows 8 - owned by me, not my employer - and it connects just fine to my home router. However, I cannot connect it anywhere else. It will see networks, I'll enter the security key, and it will tell me it cannot connect. This has happened at my office, at coffee...

I just bought a D-Link PCI card for wireless Internet (DWA 525 , Wireless N 150 Desktop PCI adapter). I installed the adapter and the driver on my PC, surfed the Internet for hours. But the next day , when i tried connecting to my Router , it wouldnt connect. ("Windows is unable to connect to...

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...

No wireless internet on my Dell Inspiron 1545 running window 7 professional 64 bit . When I click on status I get connected,but Ip4 and Ipv6 no internet access. Sometimes it will show the network and other times it is an unidentified network.When I run the network troubleshooter it is...

Had a quick sears before posting couldn't really find anything the same as mine... My girlfirends new PC has Windows 7 64-bit on it, now getting on the internet is a real headache! every time I click the network list at the bottom, and select the network I want, it will connect but if I make...

Starting yesterday afternoon I got this problem my lan connections I have 2 on my ASUS P6tv2 deluxe are coming up as unidentified Net work, I have run repair, I have turned of router and modem I have unistalled the adapters in device manager nothing works. It is weird when I check the IPCONFIG...

Hey people, I've been using Windows 7 Pro 64-bit for a while and I must say that I'm very impressed with it. However, there have been a couple of issues that have bothered me. My biggest problem lies with playing Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Basically my problem is that I cannot create a game nor join a...

Hello, I'm using Windows 7 Build 7100. I'm currently connected to a DIR-655 Router. I'm on a Macbook Pro as well. It seems about a month ago I noticed that when I booted into the Windows 7 side of my Macbook I get really slow internet connection speeds. I go to 2wire.com's speed meter test and...

This seems really strange to me and would like to tell the group what has gone on with my system for the last day or so. I set up a home group over the weekend and some where along the way, I lost access my VPN at work. I tried different computers and different OS's Vista Ultimate, XP Pro, 2000...

I cannot connect to my wireless network no matter what I do. My adapter seems ok, I'm connected through a public connection right now. However, when I try to connect to my own router it's a no go. Windows sees my network ssid so that's good, so I hit connect and it's asks me for my passphrase...

I can't seem to be able to remote desktop into my windows 7 pc. i have set my router to aim port 3333 at it, i have changed the port in the regedit to port 3333 on the win7 pc i have turned on remote connections and added the user i want, but it still fails to connect any ideas?