About this tag
Discussions tagged with Verizon on WindowsForum.com cover a range of user experiences with Verizon Fios internet and related hardware. Common topics include troubleshooting wireless speeds with internal versus external adapters, configuring home networks with Verizon routers and third-party equipment, and resolving DNS or connectivity issues on Windows PCs. Users also seek help saving Verizon support web pages, blocking Verizon video ads during newscasts, and connecting printers over a Fios network. These threads reflect practical, real-world challenges faced by Verizon customers using Windows devices.
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    how to save ascrolling web page

    windows 11.tryed to save a verizon support web page using the print button .it save but no hand to open page articles.the web page is Verizon Router (CR1000A) - Support Overview | Verizon. just like to have this in documents.
  2. R

    How Can I Block Unwanted Video Ads During Newscasts?

    Hello, Anyone know how to stop video ad's? When I want to view a newscast video, I am forced to watch an ad. This ad pops up even when I switch to another subject on the newscast. I seen some solutions doing a search and tried them but they did not work. The ad that I am forced to watch...
    • rjlocal22
    • Thread
    • ad blocker ads complaints content access fios internet newscast streaming user experience verizon
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: General Computing
  3. F

    Windows 7 link laptop to printer

    Can someone tell me how to do this. Printer is connected to desktop wirelessly -need same for laptop. Verizon fios setup. Thanks.
  4. whoosh

    VIDEO Ajit Pai Concealing Details About Comedy Skit He Created With Verizon Executive

    :usa::eek:
    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • ajit pai comedy skit media controversy verizon
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  5. J

    Windows 7 Windows 7 All in one

    Is this real? I can't seem to find information about Windows 7 all-in-one Sent from Mr. Mobile Nations using a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5
  6. L

    Windows 8 Understanding Discrepancies in Wireless Speeds: Internal vs. External Adapters

    I just 75/35 Verizon Fios a few days ago. After getting it and setting up everything, I found to my surprise my laptop wireless could not come anywhere close to that kind of speed increase. So I decided to try a Netgear dual 2.4/5 ghz usb2 wireless device on the laptop. Humm, again the...
  7. Z

    Windows 7 Mate aWNDA3100V2 with Linksys WRT54GL

    I use a verizon hotspot to connect to internet. I use the Netgear WNDA3100 usb adapter to connect to internet. I have a home network setup hardwired with Linksys WRT54GL router. If the Linksys is powered up for the network the WNDA 3100 will not work?. Why can't the network be on and get...
    • zplugger
    • Thread
    • adapter configuration connectivity home network hotspot internet issues linksys network router settings support troubleshooting usb verizon wireless wnda3100 wrt54g
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  8. M

    Windows 7 No DNS service

    I have a home network using a Verizon Fios wireless router. Gateway 192.168.1.1 DNS 192.168.1.1, my 2 desktops and one laptop all work correctly. A friends laptop will not connect to the internet on my network unless I specify the internet address. I tried a different network adapter, same...
    • Millismote
    • Thread
    • connection dns fios gateway internet network network adapter router verizon windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Software
  9. L

    Windows 7 Info needed on wifi extenders and dual band routers?

    I am looking around for things that will help make my Verizon Fios Internet connection both stronger and faster. I have a 35meg. connection which at best seems to yield around 4 to 5 megs. per second. But, that of course is if I am in the house itself; and not outside like on the patio or...
    • lorenkjr1
    • Thread
    • connection dual band extender fios internet performance router speed verizon wifi
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  10. P

    Windows 7 Setting Up Dual Network: Using Ethernet Splitter vs. New Verizon Line

    My house has a router[WPA@] to the desktop and this network allows the laptop to join. My daughter has a network without a router and her Verizon modem/router is set to WEP which she needs for remote access to work and won't change. To keep my configuration when I move in, is it advisable to...
    • Peterr
    • Thread
    • configuration ethernet modem network non-wireless remote access router setup splitter verizon wep wireless wpa2
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  11. E

    Windows 7 windows has detected an ip address conflict

    I am using a verizon uml290 usb modem on a Lenovo desktop computer and every time I connect to the internet I get the message of IP address conflict. I am able to connect and use the internet fine but I keep getting the message. When I check the event log there ate approximately 1800 entries...
    • elishaman
    • Thread
    • conflict connection desktop event log internet ip address lenovo modem troubleshooting verizon
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  12. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 I miss Windows 8!

    Hi Guys I bought an iPad 3 today, I love the look and the display is unbelievable but... I wish it had Windows 8 on it!!! I know that in a week or two it will all make sense but right now I'd love to just log in and use Windows 8. The operating system doesn't seem all that logical to...
    • MikeHawthorne
    • Thread
    • app devices ebay home network ipad operating system safari signal issues skype software tablet technology user experience verizon video editing windows 8
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  13. J

    Windows 7 Weird Issue Between Modem/Router

    Problem crept up at my Mom's house. Both hers and her girlfriend's laptops' wireless cards stopped working for no discernible reason. They wouldn't detect any networks at all. Mom has Verizon DSL, so it comes in through the modem. Works fine, I'm on her laptop right now typing this. After I...
    • JSnyder
    • Thread
    • connectivity dhcp dns drivers dsl ethernet firewall home network internet ip configuration linksys modem network no internet router settings troubleshooting verizon wireless wireless card
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  14. W

    Windows 7 Do I need 2 Routers?

    I wanted to make sure I had the fastest connection for my lap top thru my home desktop so I purchased a Netgear "N" router. I had a router supplied by Verizon and I had the "Geek Squad" from Best Buy hook it up. They did not remove the original router but hooked up my new router in parallel or...
    • Wilhelm
    • Thread
    • connection geek squad home network netgear network router setup speed verizon wifi
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  15. W

    Windows 7 Need Help - suspect USB modem causing BSODS

    I require assistance with a recurring, yet strangely sporadic and random BSOD problem. Seems to only happen when just browsing the web, as there have been instances where I have played online games such as World of Tanks with it for hours at a time with teamspeak running as well and had 0...
  16. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 7 Computers are still too hard to use!

    Hi I've been using computers since DOS but this weekend I went to help a friend who is the same age as I am 73 buy her first computer. How hard it was to buy one is a story by itself, a certain retailer initials BB is about as organised as a, well they are really disorganized. I really...
    • MikeHawthorne
    • Thread
    • assistance bloatware computer consumer electronics cybersecurity digital literacy email configuration hp laptop installation internet services photo software retired professionals software installation system repair tech education tech support user experience verizon windows update wireless setup
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  17. R

    Windows 7 Can't get UAC notice off of Windows Live Mail

    Because I was having a problem with my Verizon email which comes thru Windows Live Mail, I called a Verizon tech. He did not fix the problem I had, but in the process of trying he changed something so that now there is a security symbol on my Windows Live Mail icon and when I try to open it as...
  18. Mike

    America's Cellphone Networks: Pay By The Gigabyte under the Too Big To Fail Plan

    Paying by the Gigabyte and Getting Locked In The greatest fraud ever perpetrated against consumers may exist at the old offices of Enron, or maybe some Federal Reserve banks. But here in the United States, it has not been uncommon to see cellphone companies gouge customers under the excuse that...
    • Mike
    • Thread
    • antitrust at&t bandwidth consumer rights corruption data plan google hotspot isp lte mobile broadband mobile networks monopoly price gouging smartphone t-mobile telecommunications verizon voip wireless spectrum
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  19. D

    Windows 7 TWO Networks...No Connectivity w/o tweaks...ALMOST Solved...!!!

    folks... I had intermittant connectivity to the internet. I went thru 2 new PC's & 2 modems from verizon to no avail. I did all the ipconfig & DNS release & renew stuff, also to no avail. When I had NO connectivity, the network icon in the task area was showing 2 Networks. When I rebooted...
    • doxology
    • Thread
    • computer issues configuration connectivity dns help request home network intermittent internet access ip configuration modem network network setup network sharing public network reboot settings tech support troubleshooting verizon windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  20. D

    Windows 7 2 Networks...Intermittant Loss of Connectivity

    hello... just came over from XP Pro...had to get a 64-Bit machine; & went w/ an ASUS running Win7 Home...which I upgraded to Pro. I began to lose my internet connectivity, intermittantly...& noticed that, when it happened, the Network icon in the task bar showed TWO networks...(???)...
    • doxology
    • Thread
    • access asus connectivity desktop dilemna home intermittent internet issues loss modem network pro reboot taskbar unidentified update upgrade verizon windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support