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My MSI Windows 8.1 laptop's wifi can't see my SSID anymore (?!?)
I have an old MSI laptop that I used rely on for everything, but haven't needed it for a couple of years now. It's still running Windows 8.1. Everything worked fine those few times I needed to boot ...
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Dell Inspiron can no longer pick up my wifi?
I have a Dell Inspiron (not 100% sure what the correct version number is; the sticker on it says 15R but PC info says 5537). It's running the 64-bit version of Windows 8.1.
Today it's lost the ability ...
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Computer Keeps Losing its Internet Connection (While Still Connected to WiFi)
My computer keeps losing its internet connection even though it's still connected to wifi. Usually, when it happens, the websites will remain "loading" so long, sometimes a DNS lookup error ...
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Unable to load any webpages
I have trouble using the Internet using Wifi on my Windows 8 laptop.
It first happened about 2 days ago, everything was fine in the morning, but I was unable to connect to any webpages in the ...
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Why does DHCP on this wifi network intermittently fail, and what can I do (as a client only) to fix it?
I use a building Wi-Fi network that I don't control. Normally it works fine, but fairly routinely I have trouble where my laptop (Windows 8.1, Intel Dual Band wifi chipset) gets "limited network ...
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Win8 Computer 1 can see but can't access Computer 2 on home wifi network
I have two laptops on a home wifi network, call them c1 and c2. Both are Windows 8.1 Version 6.3 Build 9600.
Both can surf the web just fine.
Both can "see" the other in Windows Explorer - that is, ...
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How to easily reconnect to hidden WIFI network - Windows 8
If I turn off my laptop when it is not connected to the hidden WIFI I use, I have to manually select the "hidden network" item in the WIFI network list, then enter the SSID, and then enter the ...
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Switch Ethernet and WiFi automatically, using the same IP Address
I have a service on my phone that backups data on my Windows8 PC.
The PC can be connected to the private network via Ethernet or Wireless and the PC should be always reachable from my service (via ...
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Wifi unable to find connections on Windows 8 laptop
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 8. For a while now I've been having a chronic problem where I come back to the laptop after leaving it idle for a while (usually overnight) to find that ...
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Windows 8 is using DHCP but not getting a new address
In the properties window of both IPv4 and IPv6 (accessed from Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections), "Obtain an IP address automatically" are selected, but ipconfig shows the IPv4 ...
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Wireless network available to every device except one
This is basically the same as this question and this question, but neither of those solutions are working (I'm using WPA2 security, and I can't ping google.com [it returns "request timed out"]).
I ...
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Windows 8.1 won't connect to a Wi-Fi network at system boot
I have a problem with a Windows 8.1 system, it won't automatically connect to my home Wi-Fi network at system start.
I have to go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections, then ...
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How can I check if I'm connected to my own wireless network on windows or linux?
Recently I had to reset my router and was unable to log into my network.
There were some networks around me when I was out of my network and had to reset my router to defaults, even though it's ...
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How to connect to a newly bought wifi router (to which I have never connected before) via command prompt in windows 8?
I am new to command prompt and I am learning it for about some weeks, I wanted to test myself by connecting to a newly bought wifi router, but in doing so I am facing some problems.
As far as I ...
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How to restrict background data usage of individual apps in windows 8 pc?
I am using windows 8 on an ASUS laptop and recently some of my apps are using huge data over a wifi network. I don't want to set the wifi network as metered as I feel in doing so my internet speed ...
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