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Hosted Network Not Supported

Back when I had Windows 8, I would run Hosted Networks from my computer all the time using the netsh wlan start hostednetwork code in the command line terminal. However, since I have updated to ...
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Time Synchronization not working on Windows domain

I work at a dental office (and am not an IT professional, hence this post haha), and we have several computers using Windows 10 on a domain using Windows Server 2012. The time is right on the domain ...
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Windows 10 Outlook will not connect over VPN

Been seeing this issue, hope someone else has solved. When my windows 10 users are connected to VPN, outlook will not connect. No errors, just tries to connect and goes to disconnected. Network ...
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File downloads very slow compared to speedtest (only for 1 pc in my home network)

TL;DR Speedtest on my pc (with ethernet) reaches 37MB/s, files download at ~1MB/s, while everything is normal on other computers on the same network. Tried reinstalling adapter&drivers, resetting ...
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DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN with VPN

Before installing VirtualBox or VMware Workstation, my VPN Connection (L2TP/IPSEC PSK) works without any problems. I'm able to reach every Site I want. But after one of them are installed I getting ...
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Activation of network connection failed - Ubuntu 18.04 VM guest on Windows 10 Hyper-V Host

I have a Ubuntu 18.04 VM guest running in Windows 10 hyper-v. The VM had previously been able to connect to the internet successfully. It recently stopped being able to connect and I cannot recall ...
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Some WiFi networks missing since windows 10 upgrade

Ever since the upgrade from windows 7 to windows 10, some of the WiFi networks I was previously able to connect to have gone missing (not all of them, though). I have tried the solution offered here, ...
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Set hostname resolution in Windows without admin

Is it possible to somehow recognize hostnames without DNS record or hosts file edit? Is there some other way? I do not have admin privs for our company's PC so I cannot edit %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\...
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Windows 10 suddenly keeps disabling all network adapters

Windows 10 suddenly disables all network adapters (LAN and USB-WI-FI). Upon re-enabling they get disabled again the moment they try to connect to the router. A Linux-Live system on the same machine ...
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How to connect on windows 10 through smb to external server shared folder

I am trying to connect to external ip address through smb on windows 10 without any success. \\server-ip:port\shareDirectoryName So far I did try the following ports: 139,445 but without any ...
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System Error 1202 - Local device name has a remembered connection to another network resource

I just updated my Windows 10 computer to Update 1607 (the Anniversary Update). I now get the error in the title when doing the following: From a cmd prompt: runas /user:contoso\mwolfe /netonly cmd ...
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Local Wi-Fi file transfer slow on Wi-Fi

I have couple of laptops connected to home Wi-Fi network. All are running Windows 10. I've set my Wi-Fi as private n/w and turned on network discovery on all the PCs. All of them appear in the Network ...
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How to stop VirtualBox from creating Host-Only Ethernet Adapters?

On Windows 10 I am using an Ubuntu VirtualBox, and from time to time (maybe after a restart of windows 10?) probably the VirtualBox or Windows is creating Host-Only Ethernet Adapters: This always ...
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No internet with the default switch in hyper v

I can ping VMs from host (windows 10 pro), but not from VMs (Windows 10, Linux) to host or internet. I don't wanted to create an external switch because I want the isolation the default switch offers ...
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Windows 10 Doesn't Find Network Drives or Computers

I just upgraded my computer from Windows 7 Ultimate to Win 10 Pro. After the process all my network drives have been disconnected and no longer appear under Network along with the other computers ...

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