Win 8 network settings
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Comments (5)Control Panel\Networking\Manage Wireless Networks Move your router/wife name to the top. Right click your router wifi name, Properities. Look at the options. I assume people have talked you through that. If I were you I would make sure my wifi name was unique and not the default netgear name. Make sure you have good security on the wifi. And I think you should be good to go . And if that doesnt work for you waking from sleep... I'd have no problem with setting the router to have a unique local lan IP and setting the computer to fixed IP. Then it has nobody it can connect to except your unique LAN IP. Keeps it Simple ! right! ;)...See MoreMore help with win8, browsers and google stuff
Comments (3)To find a program (Explorer, Control panel etc) if you know the name simply start typing it while on the start page. All potential titles will appear in the top left side. click your choice. Take your mouse right into the lower right corner for a flyout with settings and devices. Click the Settings icon for Control panel. While there click Settings then click Change PC settings and a page with a whole raft of options appears allowing you to stop some of the garbage from running. Click on each title on the left side to view your choices. If you are in a program and want to see the start page simply go to the top left corner. The start page icons can be moved or removed as you want. Simply drag to the left all the lesser use ones then sort the ones you like into the order of your preference. To remove an icon right click and use the choices that appear on the bottom taskbar....See Moresetting defaults in Win8.1??
Comments (15)I use the mail tile on the "start" page. I have it set up with my email account thru the service provider, ie. @cox.net. I can go to my email account thru the browser, just like the 2 gmail accounts I have. I guess that would mean the settings in Control Panel need to be set to use my provider account. Ok, that gives me a place to set my feet to find out what I need to do. I recall that I set both my hubby's email accounts up thru the tile on start menu, as I did my own. I guess that is the default I need to set. The provider. I'll have to go look it over again, thanks so much for your help. I'm still learning the Win8 and it's way different from Xp and Vista. Will post back when I find what I need to do. Let you nice folks trying to help me know what I did or found out. Thanks so much for your time and thoughtfulness....See Morewin8.1 connection problems
Comments (9)Firmware for router has been installed 3 months ago. Router and signal tested last week by service provider. I have never had to use a password to get online and do not have a guest network. Win10 was installed last Aug. and removed 8 days later. The computer was nearly unusable for me and my hubby also started to have problems opening mail, facebook, calendar and using Cortana. I am second user signed in to this computer, I used Cortana for 4 days and it quit completely, I could not open my mail and was forced to use online mailbox of service provider. My calendar would not open nor would people app for email addresses. After all that, I read the same complaints from over 400 people on M$ site with no clear fixes. I tried 2 of them, spent over 2 1/2 hours on phone with tech help. Then I removed the Win10. I have read that there is an update to "supposedly" fix those issues. I would like to be able to rely on my internet connection before reinstalling Win10. I would be most grateful if I had some places to check to find out how to solve the connections. My router is plugged into cpu by Ethernet cable. I open the pc settings and enable the wifi. Later, I will see on my phone or computer screen that wifi has been lost. The wifi seems to "connect" and "disconnect" at will. I have no idea why this is. I will be on a web page and use a link to read an article when I get the page that reads, "this page cannot be displayed". I then click on "fix connection problems" which brings up Windows Network Diagnostics. It may "reset the Ethernet adapter" and I close the page, and the page I had clicked the link for comes up. It may happen again right away, then resets the Ethernet adapter once again. Or network diagnostics may say the "Ethernet does not have valid IP address". I cannot find where that is. Even if I did, I have no idea what information I would need to know to make the correct change. Tia...See Morekbarb - San Francisco - Z10a
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