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Hey everyone! I have this really annoying issue and would be so thankful if anyone has any idea what could be causing it. Every now and then (sometimes right after boot and sometimes after a couple of hours) my browsers don't respond anymore. They just won't open links anymore. I can try...

I am running Windows 7 Professional on a desktop computer and Windows 7 Home Premium on a laptop. They both can successfully connect to the internet without a problem. The laptop connects through wireless and the desktop connects through a wired connection. These two computers, however, cannot...

Hello.. I got a new acer laptop very reccently and today I tried to connect to the internet. On our main house computer we have a Packerd Bell that's Windows Vista and it connects fine to TalkTalk (It's a wired connection). So tonight when I put in the installation disc into my laptop to install...

Hi all, I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate from Vista Home Premium about a week ago. Starting yesterday 12/24 around 3:00 pm, my internet started to show "internet access" but constantly has the yellow caution sign. I have searched through at least 20 posts and threads about similar...

Just upgraded to Win 7 Pro. Have an HP desktop on a wired network. Attached to the router via an ethernet cable, is an Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive. The software for the NAS creates six network drives that are mapped to my computer. When I open "Computer" they show up under...

I have 1 main PC, 1 laptop, and my mom had the same laptop. All on Windows7 64bit My PC is wired and the laptops are wireless. I have an external hard drive on my pc that i want to share with my laptop, so i can listen to mu music and watch my movies without tranfering them to my laptops hdd...

Ok I bought this nice headset for pc gaming NOT RECORDING and when I want to use the mic I get no sound, I hope I dont have to send it back. Ive been looking all over for this problem and cant find any solutions there is got to be a a way to fix this. Yes I know both work.

I just got a new Dell 1555 Studio laptop with Windows 7 Home Professional, the router I have is a Actiontech MI424WR and our provider is FIOS...everything works great except I can connect to the router and the internet will work for a variable amount of time but then suddenly not work. It'll...

Hey everybody, Ive been using Windows 7 since the R.C. and I've been having this problem since I started using it. I figured someone would have the same problem and I would be able to find it somewhere, but I haven't been able to find anything that fixes my particular problem. To sum it...

I'll try explain this as best as I can, but its a unique problem for as much as I have searched? Basicly every time I boot up, I end up having to re-install my network drivers as they report as "Limited" with the warning symbol over the connection icon. I've tried everything to get it back...

Hi, My mother is abroad travelling with Win7 on her netbook, in the rented appartment she is in in India she gets the standard 'Server not found' message from Firefox after plugging in the Rj45 from the broadband modem. She says she encountered the same problem in a hotel in London and that...

We have three computers all running W7 Home Premium set up in homegroup via a wired Draytek 2600G router. Internet access for all machines is fast and reliable, and everyone can see every machine. However, trying to transfer files via the homegroup is ridiculously slow, quoting hours for some...

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...

I am not a windows user (usually) but my daughter has a new netbook that came with windows 7 32-bit starter version. We access the internet and a home server (linux) through our home network. Her wireless connection works fine to access the internet and the server files via samba no problem. I...

i am using windows 7 build 7600 on a wireless computer supplied by an apple air port and windows xp sp3 on a wired computer. Is there any way i can connect a network between them. I've tried doing work groups but that didnt work.

Would be interested in having feedback from those who are using or have tried to use Home Goup for networking. Please reply int the title with your Win7 edition, number of PC's/laptops, wireless/wired/combi and yes/no if you use Home Group for networking. Thanks a lot! :) I'll post a sample...

I'm working on upgrading a Dell Latitude D830 from Vista Ultimate (32-bit) to Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit) retail. I opted to do an upgrade instead of a clean install for the sake of time. The system has 2 network adapters installed, a Dell 1390 WLAN mini-PCI adapter and a Broadcom NetLink 57xx...

I did a system restore on an HP Pavilion dv2000 which had a nasty virus on it, and ever since that was done, whenever iTunes is played, about 30+ mins into playing, the internet starts to not work, and cuts out completely. The only thing that fixes it is a restart. I have tried using Safari, IE...

Hi, I have a wierd problem with my Windows 7 laptop x64 RTM. After I switch from using my wired network connection to wireless or vice versa, the Internet connection is dropped after around 15 minutes (time varies) of usage eventhough I can still access resources on the local network, but...

Hi - Searched the forum, but could not find an answer to this question. I have one computer hooked up directly to our router, and two others connecting through wireless on the same router. Homegroup does not allow the wired and wireless computers to connect. Are there any setting I could...