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    Windows 10 PC not matching download speeds of other devices on WiFi

    Hello folks, The machine in question - a Windows 10 Home PC desktop, (Version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.870)), virus scanned running on a Core i7 8086K with 32GB RAM and a GTX 1080ti - cannot seem to get remotely close to the download speeds of any of the others PC and devices on my home WiFi...
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    Windows 7 Home network problem with second router

    I've run an Ethernet cable to a second floor bedroom router (TP-LINK TL-WR841ND) to give better network connectivity due to distance from the first floor access point, which is also a TL-WR841ND. This cable is connected from yellow LAN port on the secondary to yellow LAN port on the primary...
  3. Windows 8 Getting error message "Choose the wireless router or access point you want to configure"

    when setting a network up. I want to create a wireless network for gaming, and when i click on set up network. A screen comes written on it " Choose the wireless router or access point you want to configure" and under it "It might take 90 sec for reconfigured devices to appear on your...
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    Windows 7 Adding a second seprate network in my home.

    Ok, My brain if fried... I am trying to set up another seprate network in my basement. I can't for the life of me figure out how to set up this thing to get it to do what I want... I ran a cable down from the existing router to the basement. On router 1 it is plugged into a LAN port and also...
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    Windows 7 Home Network setup

    Hi I have 5 computers at home and one printer. All machines are windows 7. I would like to network these together and have a seperate storage device. What I plan to do is buy a router and plug all the machines into that. Then I would like to plug a usb storage device into the router so that all...
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    Windows 7 Turn Windows 7 laptop into a wifi hotspot

    I have a windows 7 Dell laptop and using USB modem for internet. I would like turn my laptop as wifi router so that i can share the internet to my mobile devices. Can you please guide to do this?
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    Windows 7 Home network with a separate internet connection

    Hi all I have recently gone from a satellite broadband connection which I had set up through a home network, to using a Sierra Wireless Aircard 753S on the Australian Telstra 3G network. Under my previous set up (Satellite internet through a Netgear Wireless G router - WGR614) I have a...
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    Windows 7 Using Two Wifi Networks on the same subnet. Will not work when connected to one network

    So i have two wireless networks in my house. When connected to one AP windows 7 identifies the network and works fine. The issue is that the computer is used on the other side of the house and is supposed to connect tot he other network. When it does though it says unidentified network and...
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    Windows 7 how to connect remote pc in windows 7

    evry body of my friends are using windows7 ultimate.i want to operate them remotely.how can i get administrator rights of my friends pc.what are the changes to be done in their systems and even my system.how to remote shutdown of any pc using command prompt.i tried by using my friends ip adress...
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    Windows 7 Simplest possible Workgroup home net?

    I have a pre-Vista Win desktop and a Win7-64 (HP OEM) desktop at home. ATT DSL, 2-Wire router/gateway, all hardwired. Nobody uses this stuff but me. I've gone to a lot of trouble to set up a Workgroup definition and a shared folder for the 2 pc's (more than once). Got it working. Then the Win7...
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    Windows 7 Unable to Connect to Wireless Network - I can see the network but it won't connect

    I have an HP Pavilion tx 2000. It had Windows Vista on it but I just installed Windows 7 Professional. Since installing it, I cannot connect wirelessly to my home network. I can SEE the network but it says it cannot connect to it. When I plug into a the router with ethernet it connects to the...
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    Windows XP How to Network Win XP Pro w/ Printer to Win 7 w/ Router

    OK i have read other post and what i did i can see the files on XP compter belonging to win 7 but not able to find printer which are connected to xp on the win 7. First off, I had all printers connected to win7 which also has the router still. DO I need to remove the printers on win 7? My...
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    Windows 7 Share with specific people doesn't work!!

    Hi: I have two Windows 7 PCs. I use PC1 to create a homegroup and have PC2 to join the homegroup. I followed the video posted on Microsoft website and thought it would be easy to share a folder between two PCs. After I did all that, I can see both PC-1 and PC-2 under full network map (PC-1 and...
  14. Windows 7 Problem with sharing a folder to XP

    Hi. I have a little problem that is driving me insane. I have looked and looked on the net and through these forums with no luck. First, let me tell you my network setup. 1x Laptop with XP pro (using wireless) 1x Desktop with Win7 Ultimate (using wire) 1x DSL/WiFi router/modem combo (ISP is...
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    Windows 7 Local Area Connection With Win7

    Hi, I just took one of my blank hard drives and put it into my compaq presario desktop computer and formated windows 7 ultimate onto it. i have it setup as a daul boot computer. i have xp home edition on one drive and win7 on the new drive. i am not having any issues out of xp with the LAC. it...
  16. Windows 7 HomeGroup simply doesn't work - no useful error message

    I've got two Windows 7 Pro machines that I'm trying to connect using a HomeGroup (partly just to see if it's useful, since I'm already pretty comfortable with normal windows network sharing), but this new, "easy" sharing system simply isn't working. Nor is it giving me any useful error message...
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    Windows 7 Wireless not accepting security key

    My setup is Linksys WRT610N router, CNET RAlink CWP-905 wireless card New clean install of windows 7 will not accept the correct valid security key when entered to connect to the network. It does not even seem to go away and check but immediatley says it is invalid. I am trying to connect to...
  18. Windows 7 installing net working the easy way

    I want install net working step by step....I have 2 other pc's that have xp...I want to network with those pc's.... My internet setup is Time Warner modem to a wireless 4 port router with cat 10 cables...my main pc is a hp pavillion dv5115nr laptop with win7 x32 ultimate...I have trying to...
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    Windows 7 UGH! Please help, this doesn't make any sense at all!

    Ok, this just boggles my mind but I am getting the Unidentified network (local access only) when I connect to my wireless. First off, last week I did not have this problem at work, brought the laptop home and this error comes up and I cannot get out to the internet. I have the same router (DLINK...
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    Windows Vista No Connectivity at ALL !

    Good Day! I hope I can give enough info on this, so here goes... I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 that was running XP Pro. I upgraded to Vista Home Premium and all networking(wireless and wired) worked fine. I then went to my local coffee house and it worked fine there too via wireless. I then...