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How do i make Internet Explorer portable?
As you know support for Internet Explorer (IE) is dropped, but I'm still using it for compatibility purposes. Eg. Bypass Webp format and save images in pure jpg or png format.
I still have my windows ...
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Strange Ethernet adapter reproducible malfunction that impacts across dual boot Windows setup
The behavior is pretty confusing. The story is about my Ethernet adapter on my retro computing ASUS laptop (2011 model). It currently has Windows 7 and Windows XP on two HDDs respectively. The ...
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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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Set up USB tethering ON Windows 7
I have an old laptop with an Ethernet port, whereas my new laptop does not have have one. I need an ethernet connection to be able to set up a headless server, but the old laptop is not fast enough to ...
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How I can fix my network connection where a single PC causes my network to go down?
I have a network of computers connected to a switch. But my network goes down completely when I connect a specific computer, I connected a laptop to the same node and with the same cable and I had no ...
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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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Can't connect to the Internet in NoxPlayer Android emulator for Windows
I installed NoxPlayer 6.0.5 Android emulator in my Windows 7 and trying to register Viber account by phone number, but I receive error "Could not connect. An internet connection is required to ...
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Can't share network printer from windows 11 to windows 7
I have a Kyocera TASKalfa 220 plugged into a Windows 11 PC and I want to share it with a Windows 7 one. I can share files but when I try to add it (the printer) to Windows 7 through the network it ...
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windows 7 ip forwarding not work
i have windows 7 on vmware player and network mode is host only
this vm have two network
1 : 192.168.10.200 for wifi connection
2 : 192.168.220.2 for host only connection to my pc
i have ping in both ...
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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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Is sharing vpn connection via another vpn connection possible or not?
So I have several PCs,
I bought a vpn software(client) and it works great .
now I want to share this vpn connection among all other PCs ,
this is what I've tried:
1, I installed windows server on PC A ...
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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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How can I connect two computers, with one without a display, keyboard, or mouse?
I have two computers. One is my main laptop (fully functional x64 Windows 11 machine with keyboard, mouse, display etc) and the other is an old 32-bit desktop running Windows 7 (unknown SP) without ...
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Can't ping between computers in same network
I have three machines:
Windows 10; Windows 7 and; Ubuntu 20.04
I cannot ping between these machines ...
The IP address Windows 10 is 192.168.1.45
The IP address Windows 7 is 192.168.1.55
The IP ...
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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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Why does Windows 7's Resource Monitor indicate 12 Mbps of Network I/O while it also indicates ~10MB/s of Network Activity?
I saw the following:
Why does Windows 7's Resource Monitor indicate 12 Mbps of Network I/O while it also indicates ~10MB/s of Network Activity?
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Can't see W10 shares from W7
I have a similar problem asked by Chuck about 2 years ago: my configuration is a small home network with two W7, a W10 desktop and a Zyxel NAS (linux)
the situation is
W10 sees all other three boxes' ...
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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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Access Windows 7 network printer queues from Windows 10
Background: The recent Microsoft Update KB5006670 has left one of my customers Windows 10 workstation without working print queues to a proprietary print controller (CREO IC-304). Enabling SMB1 and ...
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Windows 7 Network Filters – VPN KillSwitch is not deactivatable and can not be found
I have been using a VPN which comes with a built-in KillSwitch functionality.
For reasons unknown to me this KillSwitch persists after
closing the VPN
deactivating the KillSwitch setting
uninstalling/...
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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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Windows - how to map remote drive over another remote drive
I have a computer A, that is in network with computer B. Computer B is in network with computer C. (computer B has two interfaces).
Is there any way to access filesystem of computer C from computer A?
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Tracert access is denied in windows 7, side-by-side configuration incorrect
I use windows 7. This is my personal computer. When I tried to use tracert today in command prompt with administrative privileges, it says access denied. I have used to command in the past without any ...
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Sharing C: on Windows 7 Pro
How do I share C: drive on a Windows 7 Pro computer, for access from a Windows 10 machine?
I can share individual folders on C: but not the root. If I do share it and set permissions so that everyone ...
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Linux client loses connection to Windows share but can connect with smbclient
I have a Linux box that connects to a shared folder on a Windows 7 desktop. When the Windows computer goes to sleep and then resumes, the share is no longer accessible. If I reboot the Linux computer, ...
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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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No internet through ethernet when another device connected to second ethernet port
I have a Dell Vostro 3900 with two ethernet ports. I use one to acquire data from a scientific equipment, and I'd like to use the second one for internet access. When the equipment is disconnected the ...
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Network shares do appear beneath computer icon in Network view
In the following network (viewed from RPAFEA), Karen-PC is Windows 7 Home Premium (mini-tower) and V3500 is Windows 7 Pro (laptop). Both are 64-bit. RPAFEA is Windows 10 Home.
Computer Network from ...
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Access denied for every "192.168.x.x" IP address on W7 - works with VPN
This is an issue I've had for a while but it's only recently that it's become a problem that's hindering me.
When I attempt to access any IP on my network (e.g 192.168.x.x) from my W7 machine I get an ...
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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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Can't ping default gateway (Gaia, Check Point) from Windows 7 machine in VirtualBox
I'm trying to set up a virtual network according to the topology in the CCSM Lab Setup Guide (Check Point training) with the following subset of VMs giving me trouble. All of this is being run in ...
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Computer has internet, most services won't work properly however some do. What is causing this and how to fix?
sorry if this has been answered before but I am absolutely stumped, I've no idea why this computer is not working correctly. So let me lay out the events leading up to this issue and after that what ...
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Windows 7 - delay with offline network drives
I have a desktop running Win 7 Pro 64. I have an NAS server (Debian 10) with HDDs shared via Samba. Everything works as expected when the NAS server is on but if it is offline then I get lots of ...
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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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JBoss EAP 7.1 Windows service not started at System reboot
I have a JBoss EAP 7.1 server running on a Windows 2010 machine. I have created windows service for JBoss start in automate mode and while restarting the system few times JBoss started but few time ...
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how to install sql server 2014/windows 7 so that I allow a windows 10 user to connect to it
At my home, I have 2 PCs from our client company (I don't have better windows images and I would prefer not changing them, at least the windows 10 image/PC):
PC
Windows
SQL server
SSMS
IP
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7, ...
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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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how to solve this weird old windows 7 internet access trouble?
I have a weird problem with my windows 7 internet connectivity. I even do not know how to explain the problem!
I can connect to our local network without any problems (both through ethernet and WLAN), ...
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Configure Firewall to allow OSC communication
I've installed an OSC app on my smartphone (TouchOSC) to control a music software on my laptop (SuperCollider). For it to work, I have to disable the laptop's Firewall. My laptop is running Windows 7.
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Can't log into Linux Samba share from Windows
Whenever I go to my network shares on windows, I am prompted with a request for username and password on the folder I want to access. Most of the time it won't let me log in with the username and ...
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How to modify ethernet adapter advanced properties without PowerShell?
I need to change ethernet adapter advanced properties (EEE, Interrupt Moderation, Flow Control, Wake on Magic Packet etc) on multiple computers running on Windows 7.
Doing it manually is tedious and ...
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Why the smb share is still available after I turned off my laptop smb service?
I have turned off my smb share in windows 10 by going to control panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off -> untick all smb service :
But when I access the smb server from my ...
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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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How to remove red X from network shortcuts
Background
Before COVID19, my PC was connected to the company network.
I created some shortcuts to network folders (such as my home drive), on my PC Desktop.
Upon COVID19, I am working at home via VPN ...
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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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File and printer sharing option keeps disabling itself
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I'm using windows 7 home basic SP1 ,and I have couple of courses on my pc ,I wish to watch it on my iPad vlc media player
Earlier I had achieved this on an Android device ,where I had ...
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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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RDP connection from Win 10 to Win 7 drops immediately after connection, but not when connecting the other way around
I have a machine with Win 10 build 18362 and one with Win 7 Ultimate SP1. I can connect with Remote Desktop from the Win 7 to the Win 10 machine just fine, but when I attempt to go from Win 10 to Win ...
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