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Following the recent Windows update on August 25-26, I've encountered a persistent issue with Wi-Fi connectivity. Despite holding a valid CompTIA A+ certification and executing a comprehensive set of troubleshooting steps, the problem remains unresolved. Here’s a detailed summary of my efforts...

Hello to everyone, I have an old installation of Windows XP Professional SP3 from November of 2008 and for about 5 years I couldn't boot to Windows because the system was always rebooting due to hardware error and BSOD. Last week I've managed to fix it by using the five files DEFAULT, SAM...

My Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 8.1 will no longer connect to our home network, and diagnostics produce the error "Wi-Fi doesn't have a valid IP configuration". All our other devices are able to communicate with the network and my laptop will communicate with it if booted using ubuntu...

After restarting my laptop a few weeks ago upon completing a Windows 8.1 Update, I could not access the internet despite being connected to the internet. The connection was not limited and the troubleshooter pointed out that the connection between my access point, router or cable modem and the...

At first, some simplified introduction. I have two laptops, one with Windows 7 and another with Windows 8.1 connected via Ethernet. I gave the first one IP 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.2 to the second one. This connection is shown as Unidentified network on both of them. When I ping...

Hello, My Internet is not working so I got myself a Internet stick, but I am not able to use it. It shows limited Internet and the ip 169.xxx I have tried the following things: 1.ipconfig /renew and /release, they don't work because it's not possible to do the command. 2. Reset winsock (doesn't...

Hello. I am getting winsock error 10060 the connection timed out when using Wi-Fi connecting with just one of the sites. I pinged and it's fine too. When using wired connection it works fine.

hi i bought and installed a sabrent wifi pci card into my computer. this is the card (Link Removed). my computer runs windows 7. the card installed properly, no warnings or anything. i've done my best to ensure i have the most updated drivers. the card is terrible at identifying networks. it...

Recently had BSOD upon launching browser. Deduced scan for network from Netgear Smartwizard WAN adapter was the last thing initiated before BSOD. Learned that if I disabled the wizard before launching browser, no BSOD, connected fine. After a few days, I decided to fix it. I uninstalled all...

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Hello, When I connect to my own router, I get this: Link Removed due to 404 Error But when I connect to my neighbour's router, I get: *Notice the different icons PS. I do have permission to connect to this router. Link Removed due to 404 Error I have Internet on both, my and...

Fixes an issue in which Winsock-based operations fail if the executable file of a Winsock-based application is located on an NFS share. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

ACER Eee PC running Win7 with all windows updates. The problem is the machine running Windows 7 Home Premium intermittently loses "internet access". Where the bars are full, but the ! shows and there is no connectivity. The other Win7 machine is set to automatically install updates and is...

Hey all, Since yesterday I can't connect to the modem with my desktop pc(windows 7 x64). I get APIPA as IP adress(169.254.*.*). Tho I could go on internet with my notebook with the cable I use for desktop PC. this is how my connection looks like. I got only modem & switch between my...

Background: I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit, with IE9. Symptom: Internet access works fine with everything, except any program that seems to be tied to Internet Explorer. Programs such as command line utilities (Powershell, etc.), other browsers (Chrome, etc.), FTP, Usenet reader, Tweetdeck...

(I'm using windows 7 64 bit Toshiba laptop) So today I had a problem with my computer and as a result I used system restore. The system restore didn't go well, and has basically failed. However, my computer launched properly and I thought I got away from some trouble. I'm not too good with...

We have our Server running Windows Server 2003. We have 2 other desktop computers running XP and a laptop also running XP connected. We replaced one of the XP computers with a brand new Windows 7 computer. I am connected to the LAN just fine and when you click on "get online," it's says that...

I have installed [4/5/2011] Win7 SP1 (via windows update) on an Acer Aspire 1410-8414 notebook, with Win7 home premium installed. Now no browser [IE, FF or Chrome] will load any website. The computer connects to the internet, and media players will open streaming net radio and...

Troubleshooting Internet Explorer Issues You might have issues with Internet Explorer like not opening or crashing often not loading pages etc. Here are few troubleshooting steps that you can do to fix certain issue. 1. The first step which always you could try is to disable the...