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Restrict a program to use only a specific network adapter
I'm using Windows 7, and have various network adapters. Is it possible to restrict a program to only use a specific adapter?
To clear it up a bit more. I'm using VirtualBox, and it creates a host-...
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Windows 7 and VirtualBox (centos 7) DNS not working
I have a windows 7 host and an installation of virtualbox 5.1.4 (with centos 7 on top) for which I am struggling with due to connectivity issues.
I setup the VM with the following settings
And from ...
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Find out what programs are heavily using the network
Currently, I have a process on my Windows 7 system which is saturating the incoming broadband internet connection (75Mbit/s) and almost completely saturating the 100Mbit network controller.
I cannot ...
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Windows 7: Merging WiFi and Ethernet
So I'm getting really annoyed with this, tried everything I can find on the internet and have had no luck clearing this up. I have, WiFi 2.4, WiFi 5.0 and Ethernet. Windows 7 will always automatically ...
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How to solve: Intel Network driver won't install? "no supported network connection exists", Windows 10, Dell Latitude E6420
I've tried to Install an Intel network driver for my laptop. It's Intel 825xx 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller Driver Version: 18.1.0.0 ,A08 (I got it from the Dell Support Website which told me this ...
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In windows 7, how to check from command-line if the wifi hardware switch is on or off?
In windows 7, how to check from command-line if the wifi hardware switch is on or off ?
I will show you what happens when you toggle the hardware switch so that you may understand what exactly I am ...
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Windows 7 Pro Peer-To-Peer Networking
Sorry to be so long, but I want to be thorough... I am the administrator for a small business network that has 15 desktop computers and 4 laptop computers, all running Windows 7 Pro. Within this ...
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Network Copy to Windows 7 File Share Fails and Kills Network Connection
I have a Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium machine that I use as a file server. This machine is wired to my DLink DIR-655 wireless router. I share a disk with guest access on that machine. The network ...
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Windows Network Connection Speed Property
Consider this rough network drawing:
+-----------------------------------+
| Router - DHCP Server |
|-----------------------------------|
| Gigabit LAN ports |...
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Windows-7 wireless adapter gone missing
My wireless adapter is "Intel Centrino Advanced N 6200 AGN" Sometimes wireless connects and sometimes the wireless adapter is totally missing (from the device manager itself). Even after doing a "scan ...
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LAN connection loses network access randomly
Windows 7 is a great OS but there are some problems which should be solved from Microsoft as fast as possible. On my Computer the LAN connection randomly loses its connection. I don't know why but I ...
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Finding exact information retrieved by Installers
While installing some software via installers or web installers, I want to find out all the data that the app retrieves from my machine (eg machine name, OS type, IP address, MAC address etc) and ...
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Upgrading an old laptop (windows 7) with network issues
I tried to update an old Dell XPS 15" from 2011 with Windows 7 installed.
First I tried to install the updates but I always had network errors like "The updates can't be downloaded"
I try to use the ...
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Make your PC (Software to use?) as a phone with a router with a VOIP capabilities
I have a modem TD- VG3631. It has a VOIP on it. I can connect my phone to use VOIP.. But How can I use my pc as a phone because my pc already has a mic, speaker and a cam. Is that even possible? My OS ...
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Trying to share folder in CentOs after installing guest Addtitions
I have VirtualBox 4.3.10 running a Minimal CentOS 6.5 using NAT adapter in my Win 7 .
I have installed Guest Additions and I am trying to share Drive E: as you can see in this picture.
Next I went ...
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Routing internet through ethernet to a computer without a Wireless adapter
I'm setting up a small home network. I have a laptop which connects to internet wirelessly- that works fine. I have a desktop connected to this laptop by an ethernet cable which I'd like to access the ...
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Bridge NIC to VM without it being used by Host-machine?
I would like to bridge some network cards so that my virtual machines, running in VMware workstation 9, can connect through them, but not the physical windows computer on which the VM's are running. ...
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Computer not connecting to wireless getting 169.254.x.x address
I have a computer trying to connect wirelessly to my network. All the other computers behind this router have a 192.168.1.x address, this computer is getting a 169.254.x.x address. I know that this is ...
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laptop running Windows 7 started losing connection constantly
So I got new laptop 64 bit with Windows 7 that I use wireless for internet.
For the first 3 or 4 months, high speed internet with no issues. End of January I started losing my connection. I can go ...
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Windows-7 Ultimate 64 bit wont connect to my wired/wireless networks
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Everything was working fine & then just stopped working.
The nic card Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller is enabled but does not connect to my router (cables & ...
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How can I protect my windows host PC when it's added in company AD domain?
I have a windows 7 PC with Avast Free Antivirus and default windows Firewall.
I need my PC to be registered in my work domain to use network resources.
But I think that it's like giving the keys to ...
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Windows 7 VM in Windows 10 Pro Hyper-V: after years, network no longer works
I created a Windows 7 VM in Windows 10 Pro perhaps 5 years ago.
It worked fine for many years.
I rarely use this VM (maybe once every two or three months, sometimes longer) and very few changes have ...
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how to stop sharing for drives that marks as default share in windows 7?
I share a folder on windows desktop and try to access it with es explorer on an Android device that asks me username and password. after filling it and logged in I see all my pc derive in mobile, I ...
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How to add an additional static IP to an otherwise DHCP enabled windows box
Is it possible at all?
I mean, obviously DHCP + static alias is not working. I am looking for a workaround, like adding an interface and binding the static IP to that.
Is it doable somehow?
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Windows 7 Sleep With Network Availability?
Is it possible to adjust sleep mode so that I can continue to share files while Windows 7 is set to sleep? If so, what settings should I use?
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How can I disable the network detection on Windows 7?
I have a computer running Windows 7 that shares some files on the network. This works fine for a while until for some unknown reason the computer decides that it is connected to a new, unknown public ...
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Virtualbox Hostonly Network Configuration on laptop runing windows 7 64-bit
I installed Virtualbox on my workplace laptop to run Lubuntu in Windows-7 64-bit. I have some issues to make the hostonly network work with wireless adapter.
The wireless adapter will turn off once ...
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vpn failed at Registering your computer on the network stage
I am setting vpn with Windows 7 machine without any 3rd party software. It is failed at the registering your computer on the network stage. What is the issue could be?
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How to fix network stack (Windows 7)
Attempting to simplify question here. My network connections on a Windows 7 machine are hosed. Here are the symptoms:
In spite of being a member of HOME homegroup, other computers on LAN do not see ...
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Windows 7 hosted network use one adapter to receive and second adapter to create hostednetwork
Is it possible to use one WiFi adapter just for connecting to router to catch the WiFi. Then, use the 2nd adapter to create hosted network in windows?
The following commands do not seem to have an ...
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Losing internet when connecting two PC's trough an Ethernet cable
I am connecting two PC's to each other trough an Ethernet cable in order to share files, this is working as intended. If relevant, I am doing it like this.
The problem: The first PC (PC1) is ...
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How to connect to my client's server from my laptop using a cross over cable?
I need to be able to connect to my client's server from my laptop ethernet port using a cross cable. The server has no attached monitor/keyboard and only has a network card, which carries the ...
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Why are my PCs and Mac not able to transfer to each other?
They're all connected to the internet but aren't able to talk to each other. I'm having difficulties in logging in to the other computer to access it.
In Windows I use this to access the network.:
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How to solve the failure to access a proprietary multi-user software in a mapped or shared network drive in windows 7?
I have two desktop computers A (Windows 7 Home premium)and B (Windows 7 Home basic), both using Windows 7.
They are connected to a router. Computer A connects to the router using LAN cable (IPv4 ...
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Unable to connect to FTP sites even with Windows Firewall disabled
I am unable to connect to FTP sites to download drivers from companies like Dell and HP which share their drivers via FTP.
I can download the drivers by changing the link to HTTP but this is a ...
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LAN disconnects, brought new LAN card but old one comes back [duplicate]
So here is the story, the old LAN port came with the motherboard and after installing windows 8.1 (from windows 7) the LAN would drop in about 30 mins of a restart and never connect again.
I thought ...
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Networking with Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which is the best application to Sync two folders?
I got several computers connected to my home wireless network and I want to make use of some of the features of Windows 7 ...
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Why is the notification area showing no internet access when there is no connection with any network either Wired/Wireless [closed]
Usually when I power on the laptop near the notification tray for the Internet access it will generally show a small red colour cross.This turns Ethernet if I plug an Ethernet cable or turns into WiFi ...
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Forward Ports on Parallels
I have a dev server on port 8080 on my mac, and I'm trying to access it from a clean installation of Windows 7 in parallels.
Ipconfig says my VM's IP address is 10.211.55.3. I can access the mac ...
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Can not access computer on Windows network (0x80070035 The network path was not found)
Computer "A" and "B": Win 7 Ultimate x64, Kaspersky Internet Security 2015, Windows Firewall turned off, UAC turned off, users are Admins.
Asus RT-N12D1 WiFi router: Firewall and DoS protection turned ...
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