wifi

We have a printer which we connect to over wi-fi on our home network. I tried to install the printer via the Windows 10 Add a Printer or Scanner function. Windows 10 went through what looked like the normal printer installation process, however, Device Manager was showing an error against the...

Assume I am sitting in front of an unknown/new computer which has a Wifi-chip on his motherboard. How can I find out (from within Windows 7; not from manual) from which manufacturer this Wifi chip is (e.g.Intel)? Is there a built-in info or do I need a 3rd party diagnostic tool? Peter

When I click on "Internet Access" Icon on the taskbar, I see a list of user names that I do not know. Does this mean these users are getting a free ride on my wifi? Also I find my laptop wakes up from sleep on its own and I wonder if its related to this issue?

My computer needed more than 3 hours to install the last update today (August 20th, 2019) while I needed to finish an urgent work. Can you please inform customers about the time an update should take ?! ("Between 2 and 3 hours" for example). Because I am really furious! My computer is normal: 8...

Hi, I have a Lenovo ideapad 510 laptop running windows 10 64 bit which is fully up to date, my wifi adapter is an Intel dual band wireless ac 3165. For a few months now my laptop will not auto connect the wifi when i reboot, it always used to though, I’m not sure if its a windows issue or a...

Máy tính của tôi đang chạy Windows 10, nhưng tôi thường bị mất wifi, tôi không biết mình đã cài đặt phiên bản Windows 10 chưa. Có ai rơi vào trường hợp này? Xin hãy khắc phục.

I reset my internet because it was too slow and after I did that my phone and PC didn’t have connection. The wifi showed up, but there was the yellow exclamation mark and it said “no internet secured.” I tried properties and restarting my devices and the internet but nothing worked. Please help...

There are some guides available on how to NTP timesync a Windows system immediately after bootup. Read: on how to connect to Internet NTP-Time servers and synchronize local computer time with timezone time. But what if no internet connection is available at this (boot) time yet? So what I need...

Assume I have got an unknown computer/notebook with installed Windows. The hardware has a WiFi Adapter. How can I find out the maximum possible WiFi protocol 802.11......? To clarify: I don't want to get the WiFi protocol with which the computer is currently connected (to Router (which can...

So I have 2 connections, Home 5 and a wifi extender in my office. The computer is not wifi and dosent hook up to the wifi extender box. It's still coming up as wifi extender on my ethernet not wifi. I would like it to be home 5 on the ethernet.

Hi This is a new one for me, in all my years' computing I've never seen this problem? We were at a friends house today and she said that her internet wasn't working. So when I looked at here connection it said... "No internet secured" on the connection list. When I tried to connect it just...

I noticed my modem and router lights are busy all the time. Somebody is using my wi-if without my authorization. But is that possible since I do not have a password ? You need a password to get in. Well I do not use password but my system is locked to all wi-fi So how does my wi-if devices...

Ok, so here is my first issue. I live in a remote area for the moment. I used my sisters username and pass for xfinity to login to a router by me. Issue, i accedently set it as public, not private and no it doesnt work. It says unidentified network. Under properties of the card, it shows no ip...

Hi, I've recently found an issue where some open networks are not being discovered by my laptop but can be seen by my phone. I suspect on the laptop they are being shown as "Hidden Network" as this appears on the laptop but not the phone I first discovered this issue when trying to use at a...

I'm a professional Windows user and technician, but I hate Win8 & 10, so I've never had either on my own devices to get familiar with...until Dec. 2018. I have a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 Home x64. I have disabled all telemetry user settings, added the "AllowTelemetry" registry entry...

I just set up the Your Phone app, and it's working so far. However, when I disconnect my phone from WiFi, it says the app lost connection to my phone. I have been using the Android Messages previously, which works on mobile data. I don't always have reliable WiFi available, so I'd like to use...

I have been attempting to log into a site that I visit several times a week without problems, but now, when I attempt to log on, I get the following message: 'We are experiencing some technical issues and unable to proceed with your login. Please try again'. I have contacted the website support...

I am using windows home premium on my PC and when I start up it will not connect to wifi automatically when I click on the network settings available I see the one I want it has a tick in connect automatically but does not, I do not have any problems when using my laptop which is windows 10 my...

Ok, so im having a very intereating issue with my win 10 laptop, again, haha. No matter what wifi i connect to, i can only download at about 24.1 KBps but any other device can hit the normal rate. I have tried multiple differnt files on the laptop and dame issue. I think i either have a bug or...

I've tried running netsh wlan show networks and the result was "error connecting to wireless autoconfig service (wlansvc): error 1220" I'm not really sure what thatnmeans, any advice?