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[LoathsomePete]

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[Freebase Dali]

Yea, I never trust Windows to do anything aside from what its own functionality dictates. When it comes to 3rd party stuff, relying on Windows to have a better idea than the actual manufacturers of that 3rd party stuff is definitely a misappropriation of confidence. 3rd party manufacturers builds their drivers based on the OS. Not the other way around. So I go with the manufacturer every time.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Yea, I never trust Windows to do anything aside from what its own functionality dictates. When it comes to 3rd party stuff, relying on Windows to have a better idea than the actual manufacturers of that 3rd party stuff is definitely a misappropriation of confidence. 3rd party manufacturers builds their drivers based on the OS. Not the other way around. So I go with the manufacturer every time.

I have noticed it always says the most updated driver is installed with other devices. I will definitely check up on the driver via the model. But now the computer is not even letting me access the internet since a cable was put in and now I have no idea to get the setting back to what it was so I can access it. I am so ****ing sick of this **** I just want to take the damn thing back honestly.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Vanilla

I have noticed it always says the most updated driver is installed with other devices. I will definitely check up on the driver via the model. But now the computer is not even letting me access the internet since a cable was put in and now I have no idea to get the setting back to what it was so I can access it. I am so ****ing sick of this **** I just want to take the damn thing back honestly.

What do you mean "since a cable was put in"?
Are you talking about no longer using wireless, and now using a wired Ethernet cable?

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

What do you mean "since a cable was put in"?
Are you talking about no longer using wireless, and now using a wired Ethernet cable?

I'm talking about the manager of my boarding house connecting my computer to the modem via cable and he couldn't access the internet because there is something my computer is doing to block it. This has happened before where it's said the connection is limited and I've had to mess around and try and get it back to normal. I can't remember how to do it and it's driving me crazy.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Vanilla

I'm talking about the manager of my boarding house connecting my computer to the modem via cable and he couldn't access the internet because there is something my computer is doing to block it. This has happened before where it's said the connection is limited and I've had to mess around and try and get it back to normal. I can't remember how to do it and it's driving me crazy.

Well we need to figure out whether you're connecting to an actual modem or a router. Ideally, you should have a router connected to the modem, then your computer connected to the router. This will allow more than one computer to utilize the single IP address that gets assigned to the modem from your ISP.
Routers will be able to use NAT, which lets multiple internal computers use private IP addresses to communicate over a single public, routable IP address.

The reason I bring that up is because if it really is a "modem", like a cable modem or what have you, and it doesn't have an integrated router, then only one PC can connect and actually have internet because there's no NAT.

So, that's something you have to confirm.

If it's a router, wireless or otherwise, and you were fine connecting wirelessly but now you can't connect with the wired connection, ask whether the router has MAC address filtering. If it does, this basically requires any device connected to it, wirelessly or not, to have their MAC address entered into the "allow" list. Since your wireless network card and your wired network card are two separate physical entities, and MAC addresses are physically dictated on the device and are unique, you will have a different MAC address for each. And if only your wireless network card's MAC address is allowed, then obviously your wired one won't be.

If this is the case, you will have to get whoever manages the router to add your wired network card's MAC address to the allowed list in the router. You can find this mac address by doing an IPCONFIG /ALL in a command prompt.

[Stephen]

Was the laptop running Windows 8 when you got it or did you upgrade?

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Originally Posted by stp

Was the laptop running Windows 8 when you got it or did you upgrade?

When I bought it, if it was my decision I would have preferred Windows 7.

[Trollheart]

I honestly know eff-all about Windows 8, but assuming it's not going to be too far removed from Win 7: you should be able to check in the "networks and connections" tab to see if you have a working broadband connection. If you don't, a little X should be shown over a tiny computer in the right-hand side of the bottom of the screen. That would indicate a "broken" connection, ie the internet is not working. There would also be (in the networks tab) a picture of a PC, a house and a world, with a line going through to each. If there's an X over that then the internet conenciton is not functioning. You should be able to go into networks, select your connection and try to make it connect.

What cable was put in that is messing you up now? Was it put into your computer or into the apartment? It couldn't be something as stupid as one of your flatmates unplugged the broadband to plug in this cable, could it?

[P A N]

is there a way to look inside a rar file/package without extracting the files?