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What to do if I can't connect to the router
I accidentally logged out of the WIFI on my phone, and forgot the password. I'm connected to the internet on my PC with an Ethernet cable, and want to open the router IP, but I can't. I've looked at ...
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No device drivers and windows boot loader available
None my other devices drivers are available. So I can connect to no devices: USB ports, or WiFi, or ethernet. I already tried to. And this device has no Bluetooth.
No device driver warning photo
My ...
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Something so weird while using netsh
While using netsh, I am in an enterprise network and there are multiple bssids in the network, my device connects to the one that has the best signal by default behaviour as you know. (this is a big ...
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Android Hotspot shown as unidentified network and no internet access after using 40-35 minutes
I use an Android mobile hotspot on my Windows 7 PC.
After using it for 15-30 minutes the connection drops and my hotspot shown as unidentified network and no internet access on the PC after.
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Is there another method for connecting a pc to a local lan printer?
I'm trying to connect my pc to a printer connected on the LAN. But for some reason, it always fail when connecting and showing the error 0x000000011b.
Screenshot of error showing when trying to ...
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No connections are available on HP laptop after downgrade to Windows 7
There's a HP laptop that was downgraded to Windows 7 from Windows 10. I decided to do that because Windows 10 didn't work properly on such obsolete hardware. The system is much more responding after ...
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How to troubleshoot Windows computer that occasionally loses Wi-Fi (WiFi) network connectivity for ~60 seconds
A friend reached out for me to help with their Windows 7 computer that is occasionally losing Wi-Fi (WiFi) network connectivity. Each time it loses Wi-Fi connectivity (reportedly about once per day), ...
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Wireless network configuration always reset the IP Static settings to DHCP - only for the GUI
In Windows 7 (My sister's machine) suddenly for the wireless network happened the following.
I did realize the static ip configured since time ago changed to other. So I returned to the Properties ...
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Internet Connection Sharing and remote DHCP issue on Windows 7
Due to temporary lack of external WiFi access point I have started using ICS to share internet connections to my mobile devices from my laptop. I know basics to configure it and what services must be ...
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Lenovo z570 WiFi not connecting to dual band router but works well with old single band router and a WiFi device
Initially I was using Single Band 2.4GHz router, my Laptop Wi-Fi was connecting to it properly and was working smoothly. Recently I switched to dual band router (5GHz and 2.4GHz)
With Dual band router ...
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How can one change the MAC address of USB WiFi Adapter TP-Link Archer T3U Plus on Windows?
I use a USB WiFi Adapter (TP-Link Archer T3U Plus) with my Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. How can I change its MAC address?
The TP-Link Archer T3U Plus manual (mirror) doesn't mention how one can change ...
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How can I see the current download/upload speed for each wifi adapters?
I have 2 wifi adapters on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate. Both are connected to a wifi network. How can I see the current download/upload speed for each wifi adapters? Resource Monitor doesn't give a ...
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If a computer is connected to internet by a wired as well as wireless connection, which would get a preference & why?
I have connected my pc to internet by usb tethering and a hotspot point(in this case it is same as my mobile phone), which connection is my pc is going to use by default and which is better and why ?
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I think my laptop's wifi adapter hardware damaged
I have wireless WiFi modem, recently my laptop have been acting weird!! When I put my modem 10 cm or more distance away from it, my laptop disconnects. And if I put it on my laptop (next to the touch-...
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Cannot use my wifi card on windows 7, but I can on debian GNU/Linux & windows xp
As the title says, I can't use my wireless us robotics card on my laptop. The device managers says "This device cannot find free resources that it can use, code 12".
After searching a ...
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Transfer data from old Windows 7 laptop to new Windows 10 laptop
I am looking to transfer my data from old Windows 7 laptop to new Windows 10 laptop. My preferred option would be over Wifi, as both the laptops are connected to the same Home Wifi.
I have been trying ...
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Share WiFi to Ethernet
How do I share my wireless internet to another computer directly connected with ethernet from both end ? no router whatsoever.
I've tried the sharing tab but the local area connection doesn't get an ...
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Fresh install of Windows 7 has slow download/upload speed
So hi. I just installed a fresh install of Windows 7 and the internet is running very slow, at around .5 MBPS and on Windows 10 it usually ran at 60-90 MBPS. I configured a lot of settings in CMD, I ...
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Can't connect desktop PC to 2.4GHz Wi-Fi but can connect to 5GHz Wi-Fi (USB network adapter)
My PC is having issues connecting through my USB Wi-Fi network adapter to 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, but it has no issues with connecting to 5GHz.
I looked for an answer for this issue online and tried a few ...
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Direct connection between two computers with WiFi, without any router
I have two ThinkPad laptops that I sometimes need to connect directly (without router) with an Ethernet cable and a fixed IP (10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2), this works well.
Question: How to do the same with ...
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How can i prevent users from adding wireless connections in windows 7 PC?
How can I prevent users from adding or connecting to new wireless networks, especially their mobile hotspots?
I did many searches on the internet but I can't find any registry trick or group policy ...
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Does it exist a way to get back or reset the white Wifi notification icon?
I'm having this problem after uninstalling several programs (with Microsoft Edge among them) I got this problem that the Wifi icon isn't showing connected status anymore. It is stuck as if it isn't ...
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Can't connect to the internet while others devices can
I have a laptop that duelboot windows 7 and Linux mint .
It can connect to my home network but the internet is not working .
Other devices like my smartphone can connect and access the internet.
My ...
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No traffic captured in wireshark in monitor mode npcap
I am using npcap drivers (latest 0.9995) on windows 7. I can set the mode of my wireless card to monitor mode using wlanhelper "Wifi interface" mode monitor. It changes to mon mode ...
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Windows 7 Blue Screen Error while trying to share internet
Problem Description
My PC functions normally in all respects, but as soon as I try to share my broadband connection by using some app like mhotspot, or my Wifi Router, as soon as another computer ...
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My laptop connectivity gets "limited" on wifi while other devices work well
Although its marked limited i cannot access the router via laptop, the solution is to reset winsock
catalog and restart the machine.
What could be the root cause? its happening around 2-3 times a day ...
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Computer loses network connection every 33 hours
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop running Windows 7, and my primary browser is Firefox 75.0. Recently, I noticed that my computer would intermittently stop connecting to the Internet, and would need to ...
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Cannot see wireless adapter in my windows 7 PC
I am stuck here for 4 days now. I was cleaning my PC where I uninstalled some of the software I thought were never used. I even stopped some of the default start applications during the booting of ...
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How to connect windows 10 64 bit laptop with windows 7 32 bit laptop?
I want to connect my windows 10 laptop of 64 bit architecture with my another windows 7 laptop of 32 bit architecture. I turned the network visibility ON for all networks on both the laptops and ...
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How to connect/disconnect a network not found by netsh?
I use a network which can be found with ipconfig but cannot with netsh wlan show networks or netsh wlan show interfaces. I assume this may not be a wlan network but something else. I know it's ...
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