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Tagged with networking windows-7
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Is there a way to stop my Windows 7 laptop from connecting to the Wi-Fi if the ethernet cord is plugged in?
Essentially I want to have my wireless automatically connect to the router, but only if the ethernet cord is disconnected. If the ethernet cord is connected, I don't want it to automatically connect ...
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How to set up computer to boot from a network drive
Not taking into account any specific computers.
How do I set up a computer to boot from a network drive?
How do I set up the network drive to allow itself to be booted from.
I am open to using ...
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Unique IP address settings (static/dhcp) per wireless network? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Automatically picking network settings based on the wifi network
Is this possible in Windows 7? For example, I want to use Static IP A with Network A, DHCP with Network B, ...
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What does "fix network problems" actually do?
When a network connection doesn't connect to the internet, Windows pops up a dialogue, asking whether you want to "Fix network problems".
What does it actually do when you click "yes"?
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Force turn on file and printer sharing
I am trying to set up File sharing on a friend's machine who is using Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate edition. In advanced sharing settings, I select the radio button "Turn on file and printer sharing" and ...
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How make windows 7 firewall block all traffic
How can I setup windows 7 firewall so that it blocks ALL inbound and outbound traffic of all kinds, unless I am connected to a network that is designated in network options as public?
I'd like to ...
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Windows 7 is very slow when the lid of the laptop is closed
I was moving a file over the local network using wifi connection in explorer. The label said that approximately 10 minutes of time is remaining. I closed the lid and returned after ten minutes. Almost ...
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Bridged adapter in Virtual Box - cannot obtain IP
I have virtual box with RHEL installed. My virtual box is running on windows 7 64 -bit. I configured bridged connection, but when I am restarting network interfaces, I receive following error:
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How to take FileZilla credentials from the software's interface?
Hi I use FileZilla to transfer files to the server via FTP.
I connected to FileZilla from my computer months ago. I entered the server address, port & administration password on to the startup ...
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How to configure the IP address of windows 7 and windows xp through a wireless router to form networking?
I am writing to seek for technical advice to configure the IP addresses of four computers connecting to a wired/wireless D-Link DI-624 router to form a 'SAME' network for files and printer sharing ...
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Windows - Remove password used to connect to shared drives
Good day all
I've been looking around and I can't find a solution for this.
Consider this:
My IP - 10.0.0.4
My External Harddrive is shared with letter F:
Thus running
\\10.0.0.4\F
will ...
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Fresh install of computer but missing many drivers
I recently acquired an HP Z420 without a hard drive, and so I have to do a fresh install of it. It came with the Windows 7 (64 bit Professional) install CD, which ran fine. But, quite a few of the ...
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After a while downloading torrents my network card stops working properly
The situation
I download happily torrents with uTorrent for a long time, maybe 12 hours.
Suddenly, I notice my connection stopped working.
When I check uTorrent is still downloading stuff.
When I ...
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Get dial up internet on Windows 7 computer without PCI cards
I have just purchased the Dell Zino HD for my grandparents, which is fantastic for their needs. The only problem is that is does not come with a built in 56K dial up modem.
Does anyone know of a good ...
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How to access database server on my desktop from my laptop?
I have a desktop PC, a laptop and a Netgear Wireless Router.
The Netgear Wireless Router has a secured Wireless Network Connection setup already. Its SSID is NETGEAR44.
The desktop PC's name is Srh-...
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Set up Internet Connection Sharing for Windows 7 and iPhone X to share internet hotspot with Asus AC2900 RT-AC86U router
After this question an internet connection to Windows 7 ought to be able to be shared to an Asus Router using Internet Connection Sharing. So I go into LAN3 and setup internet sharing with the ...
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Attach third computer to shared internet connection
I have 3 computers, all of which I want on the internet.
The first is a laptop, which has a wireless connection and an ethernet connection.
The second is a desktop, with 2 ethernet connections.
The ...
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Windows 7 unidentified network (or limited access) after hibernate
My windows 7 network will show limited access or unidentified network after coming up from hibernation.
In the office I normally use LAN connection, I turn-off my wireless card (DELL Latitude has on/...
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2 default gateways, one to 0.0.0.0... with DHCP
A problem that I have here with Windows 7 (RTM) and Windows Vista (SP2), on multiple machines, is that clients get a default gateway of the DHCP server (like they should) but on top of that, also a ...
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How to monitor an XP machine
I have a Windows 7 machine and XP machine on the same router. If someone is using the XP machine, how can I see what they're doing from my Windows 7 machine?
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Cannot access virtual machine via ping from the physical host machine
I'm installing a FreeBSD Server on VirtualBox. I set up the IP address (192.168.10.5) for the virtual server to run a mail server and the host computer(Windows 7) with 192.168.10.184. The two machines ...
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How to know which Windows application does listen on a particular TCP port? [duplicate]
I have been using a personal HTTP proxy to remove ads and boost caching for a while but have then noticed that my Firefox still works when the proxy application is shut down (while the browser is ...
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Weird "Local Address" in lots of processes
I noticed a weird address in the Local Address column in the Network tab of Process Hacker in lots of program that work with internet connection (like chrome, firefox, dropbox, thunderbird etc..).
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Binding a program to a specific Network Adapter
I am just using my windows7x64 desktop and I want a utility/program that allows me to chose which adapter a program uses for example, running a game through Adapter1 and Streaming videos through ...
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Can't connect to Windows Update
I couldn't connect to Windows Update nor install .NET so I've done a clean install of Windows 8.1 from Microsoft's iso.
The same problem occurs : the loading bar is never beginning ! No error message....
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Internet Traffic counter and current speed for my laptop with Windows 7
I'm looking for a free software that shows me total traffic during the last connection to the Internet and the current speed.
I don't care about what program connects to the Internet. I want to know ...
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All internet browsers won't resolve DNS except for TorBrowser
I'm having a bit of trouble with one of my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit w/ SP1 computers browsing the internet. I use the computer as a bed for testing different applications and so forth. The ...
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Custom combining mobile data and wifi on windows 7
I have 2 internet sources
3G based Huawei E3533 Dongle (usb) with unlimited bandwidth and speed (Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device )
4G Huawei router (Wi-Fi) with limited bandwith and speed ...
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Share internet from PC and Router
I have windows 7 on my PC, and connect internet through brodband flash, and I connected my PC with Wireles lite N Router(TP-link). my question is: how can share internet on the pc through this router ...
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What is the Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface?
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate, and when I do ipconfig /all in the command prompt I get, in addition to the Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection that I expected, something called Tunnel adapter ...
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