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my phone and surface connect to the extended wifi network just fine, but my work laptop cannot...i tried to connect then the password field briefly appears then it suddenly says "cannot connect to network"....tried rebooting to no avail note that this is a work PC and therefore my admin rights...

I'm leaving my job of six years in about 10 days and I need some guidance. We use Windows 8.1 and there was no special account attached to it when I was hired. I signed in to my personal account and have been using it here at work for the past five years. It dawned on me after I gave notice that...

Hi there guys n gals. Hoping someone can help me figure out what is causing these dump files as i'm no expert in reading them. I've used a program called blue screen viewer to read it and it points to ntoskrnl.exe but thats as far as my decoding of dump logs goes. When it creates a dump file i...

Remote desktop (connection to work computer from home) no longer working.

I develop at home programs for use at work. At work the pc's get data from the server \\server\data\something I want to run programs at home and have a drive or directory on my HDrive such that when program asks for file from \\server\data\something then the local folder is accessed I do not...

For quite some time I denied the windows 10 update. Call it a hunch. Then I finally got sick of the constant pop ups, and although intuition told me not to install, I did. Now I am having problems on both of my computers. One, my work computer, that I do graphic design on has been stuck for...

Hello everyone, I am having a trouble on my work computer that they allow me to take home. Every time I go home or to another network, I need to reconnect to the WiFi network. I asked my department IT person about it and she had no clue what to do but it would take too long to find a solution...

I have two PCs connected via Ethernet. The "Home" PC runs Win 8.1 and the "Work" PC runs Win 8. I had a DeskJet printer that's trash now. Before it failed, I tried using the Home PC as a kind of "print server" for the Work PC (since the old DeskJet had no Ethernet connection -- just USB)...

My work PC is part of a domain. There appears to be some type of group policy within active directory in our domain, that - 1) Wallpaper can not be changed from desktop->right click -> personalize. (option disabled). 2) I know the image which is used as wallpaper and it's location on my PC -...

Ok, don't know if this has been asked before, but I want to use my work laptop as a PC as well. Here are my two options: Option 1, install Win 7 on "slave" drive, the HP laptop I have for work has two hard drive bays, and dual boot Win 7 Pro and Win 7 Ultimate. Option 2, install Win 7...

Hello, I am trying to access my home share drive with my work computer. In the past I would just type \\homeserver from the run command or doubleclick on the shared folder shortcut on my desktop, get a network prompt and enter the uname/pw. They must have done something at work because now...

Hi! We have a serious BSOD problem here on a computer here at work > Anyone that can help us?:frown: BlueScreen 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 1043 BCCode: 3b BCP1: 00000000C0000005 BCP2...

I installed Windows 7(Enterprise, 64-bit) Service Pack 1 with some other updates, and didn't think of the consequences of installing a service pack with other updates. I have tried windows repair with loader errors and restore to an earlier stage. These things doesn't work and now I am finally...

I have a desktop and a laptop at home both running 7 Pro that I setup RDP on so I can log into them from work. The laptop got the standard port 3389 and the desktop I had to assign another port. The laptop connection works just fine from my Android phone and from my work computer, but I can't...

If you are happy with Windows 7 on your personal laptop, but grumble every time Windows XP boots up on your work computer, it may be time to tap your company's IT pro on the shoulder and ask for Windows 7. You might be surprised at the response you get. More...

If you are happy with Windows 7 on your personal laptop, but grumble every time Windows XP boots up on your work computer, it may be time to tap your company's IT pro on the shoulder and ask for Windows 7. You might be surprised at the response you get. Link Removed

Hello, I am working from home with remote desktop. My home laptop is Windows 7. My work uses XP. I noticed on my home network that I was able to watch youtube videos through my local remote desktop connection, which is windows 7 to windows 7. So, I wondered if the reason I can't do that with my...

Work PC: Windows XP, Dual Core E5200 2.5Ghz, 2GB RAM Home Desktop: see Link Removed The PC at work, although much slower than my desktop, seems to launch basic programmes like Google Chrome and MS Word much faster than my faster home desktop. I have no idea why. Originally, I thought it was...

I have just installed the 32-bit Adobe Master Suite on my work PC and the one program I need the most (Dreamweaver) hangs at 100% at all times after opening. ALL other Adobe CS5 programs DON'T do this, and remain at a low 0-20% during idle. This just started happening about a a day ago, and...

im running windows 7 32 bit of my work pc. its connected to a domain and i use my log on details but everytime i log of everything resets its self. for example if i pin anything to the task bar it removes it and my email account i have to re due all the settings. Its like its not connected to...