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Make Windows 7 ignore WiFi when ethernet is available
When I dock my Windows 7 laptop, I want it to prefer the wired ethernet connection over WiFi.
This is a pretty straightforward thing to do on my Mac - I just reorder my network preferences, and it "...
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How to install Windows 7 from the network?
Is it possible to install Windows 7 (Current RTM Version) on a computer without using removable media like DVD or USB?
The first thing that comes to my mind is through the network, but I don't have ...
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How does Windows 7 decide which route to take if 2 connections to an internet source exist? (e.g. a Wireless and an Ethernet one to a router)
How does Windows 7 decide which route to take if 2 connections to the Internet exist? (e.g. wireless versus wired)
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Is there a good DNS server I can install on Windows 7 for a LAN? [closed]
I have a few computers on my LAN, and now I'm getting tired of remembering the IP addresses all the time, so I would like to start using DNS names on my LAN.
I have a heterogeneous network with ...
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IPv4 vs IPv6 priority in Windows 7
I have IPv6 connectivity through Hurricane Electric tunnel. Since IPv6 day this year, many services (google.com, facebook.com, etc.) enabled IPv6 on their main domains. On my Windows machine, IPv6 is ...
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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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How to block all traffic but one IP in Windows Firewall?
I'm trying to use Windows 7 firewall to block all outgoing and incoming traffic, from all IP's and for all protocals, except for UDP to and from one particular IP address.
The reason why is because ...
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Windows 7 intermittently drops wired Internet/LAN connection
In a nutshell, my Windows 7 Ultimate PC intermittently drops its Internet connection. Why?
Background: My PC is wired to my ADSL modem/router which is directly connected to the phone line. I also ...
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How do I set the Windows network timeout for physically disconnected mapped drive?
When a network drive (net use) is physically disconnected, Windows Explorer (and other programs) keeps trying to enumerate and/or use it for maybe 60 seconds.
Is there some way to reduce this timeout ...
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How do I tell Windows 7 to trust a particular network location?
How do I tell Windows 7 to trust a particular network location? I'm not sure how to elaborate from the title of the question!
I keep getting popups aka "this location is not trusted".
I've mapped a ...
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How do I unmap a disconnected network drive in Windows 7?
The drive is disconnected, and I'm off the network. How do I unmap the drive?
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How to remove unwanted tunnel adapter connections?
I did "ipconfig" today and found about 10 network interfaces, most of them disconnected.
How can I diagnose this? Where can I remove them?
Edit:
The extra network appear like this:
Tunnel ...
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Force programs to use & go through proxy [closed]
My school requires a proxy for all internet access. If you want to use the internet, it is impossible to not use a proxy. This makes it a problem for many programs that don't seem to let you enter ...
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Is there a PC equivalent for the Android 'Wifi Analyzer' App? [closed]
I'm using the Wifi Analyzer app on my phone a lot at the moment as I need to set up and test some wireless networks. For people unfamiliar with the app, i've posted some screenshots of the app that I ...
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How to tell Windows 7 to ignore a default gateway
I currently have 2 network cards in my PC -- one connected to an internal network on a router with a disconnected WAN port (10.x.x.x), and one connected to the internet through a consumer router (192....
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