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There might be error with the driver for the wireless network adapter

This is error which I get when I try to analyze my wireless network. I installed every driver I had on my CD and my external wireless card is working. But with this one I can't even scan networks, ...
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Connect virtual machine to host via IEEE1394, USB or Serial Port?

I have a host machine (Laptop, Win 7 Home Premium x64) running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on VMWare Workstation 9. I've got this system set up for UMDF driver development, because I need a target machine ...
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I have deleted all my drivers on Windows 8 by mistake, need help for wireless driver

I clicked "Refresh my files" on Windows 8 by mistake some times ago and it has deleted all my drivers. I did some research and found a driver that let me connect to the internet via wireless network ...
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Windows 7x64 ENT - Network card fails after Windows Update

I am building a new desktop from scratch. I installed win7x64 ent and everything worked fine. I then let the system perform the initial update to windows. There were 152 updates totaling over ...
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How to share live audio output from PC-1 to PC-2 over local area network?

I have PC-1 and PC-2 quite a distance away from each other, Both are running Windows XP. I want to be able to watch videos through PC-1 and hear audio from PC-1 and PC-2 at the same time without any ...
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Network adapter local area connection under windows 7

I upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate and my Local Area Connection disappeared. I cannot see it on network connections or on network adapters in device manager. I am using a wireless lan but to configure ...
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Corrupted/Missing NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Network Adaptor

Yesterday, when I went into Network Connections in Control Panel and enabled the Ethernet feature (to use an Ethernet-based router), it disappeared from the Network Connection window. When I now look ...
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Why can this one user not print to a printer that someone else in the same office can print to?

Ok, here's the details guys: I have 2 users in one room Hooked up to an Epson Printer. The printer is relatively old, old enough that it has to be plugged into the Old Printer port in a relay box ...
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Printing PDF causes printer to go Offline (A data transmission error occurred.)

We have a fleet of new Canon LBP 6680 printers which are running fine except for one person. In fact, I'm not convinced it's a Canon printer issue as the problem she is having also occurs on the new ...
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Acer 5720 network connection [duplicate]

Moved http://superuser.com/questions/547278/acer-aspire-5720-network-driver I Know this probably isn't the best site to post this problem but i don't know which is... I have an acer aspire 5720 ...
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Print job lost at spooling on a different user account?

So we have an alficia rico printer at my workplace. I just started on the job and when I had my account made for me I guess there is a conflict with the drivers? I have looked for a file in the ...
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Sudden ethernet NIC connectivity failure in windows 7

The computer was built in 2010 and has been operating just fine since then. The ethernet port had been questionable before as it would require a re-plug into the machine or switch maybe once or twice ...
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Recovering drivers from previous installation?

Yesterday I bought a new computer and I've been setting it up since this morning. The hard drive came with windows 7 home premium (x64) installed, but I decided to instead install windows 7 ultimate ...
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Monitor Mode on the Intel Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 (WEP Penetration) On Windows

Can anyone tell me a way to do WEP hacking (legal, of course) (on my own wireless connection, for the purposes of this question) with Wireshark or similar programs on an Intel Centrino Advanced-N ...
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Can't install network driver for Intel DZ77BH-55K for Windows Server 2003

I know now that this is a Desktop motherboard, officially not supported for Windows Server operating systems, but I would still like to get it to work. I've confirmed that the motherboard network ...
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e1000 and e1000e network drivers

I am using SUSE Linux 11, in Zenworks distro and i can see. kernel version is: 3.0.13-0.27-default. I can see that when the distro is loaded, the e1000 driver is loaded and not e1000e although e1000e ...
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Can an Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection be spoofed?

I need to tell someone my MAC address imminently so I can be added to their router, but I am not at my computer. My laptop is a Dell Latitude E6510, running Ubuntu 12.04 with an Intel 82577LM ethernet ...
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Using 2 independent network lines to assure twice reliable connection windows 7

I have a very unreliable 24M ADSL2+ connection and an iPhone4S with unlimited data and unlimited speed (5M where I live). Right now I can choose between a very unreliable but low ping and fast line or ...
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Auto negotiation kills speed on 10/100 network

Update I tested the cable going from my computer to the router, and it turned out wires 6 and 7 were broken. After installing a new CAT5e cable, the problem is solved. With auto negotiation ...
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How can I determine which Wireless LAN adapter model do I have on my Netbook?

I have an Acer ONE 533 Netbook which was working fine but recently something happened to the Wireless LAN adapter. After taking a look at the Device Manager, I realized that there are no drivers ...
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The RTL8111/8168B NIC under Linux and the r8168 driver

So I've got one of the infamous R8168 Realtek ethernet NIC, which have some problems under Linux. After some research, I found out I had to use the r8168 driver for this card (and not the r8169 which ...
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How to enable network adapter for Windows 8 in VMWare Player

Just downloaded and installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto a VMWare virtual machine. Despite VMWare not recognising the OS (I selected Other -> Other at setup) everything works fine. However, ...
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Installing Lenovo internet drivers after windows 7 upgrade

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad W520 (4270) that I just upgraded to Window 7 Ultimate x64. After the upgrade I couldn't connect to the internet and found out that I have no adapters (wireless or ethernet). ...
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Need Solaris network driver 64bit

I'm newbie in Solaris and I need network driver 64bit for: - pci bus 0x0004 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1186 device 0x4b01 D-Link System Inc DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 11) ...
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Vista professional 64 bit after complete the update there is no network connection

I have Vista Professional x64. I have installed it on a PC and a lot of updates have been applied and till yesterday morning everything were working fine. So I tried to install Internet explorer 9. I ...
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How do I remove broken miniport drivers on Windows XP?

I have a Windows XP machine with two network cards and the drivers for a third, disconnected network card installed. In addition to the virtual network stuff from VMWare Player, I was using some VPN ...
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DOS network-adapter driver compatible with VirtualBox

I'm migrating some DOS machines to VirtualBox. I use the common NetWare-style IPX stack. The problem is that VirtualBox doesn't emulate any of the network-adapters that I have drivers for. So, where ...
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Linux driver for Bigfoot Killer E2100…?

I have looked around online a bit, but have not been able to find any drivers to make a Bigfoot Killer E2100 work under Linux (CentOS 6, for what it's worth). The one candidate I found required a few ...
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Why does ping to the same interface fail when loop-back is down?

When I down the loopback interface and try to ping my own IP, it's showing 100% packet loss, even when my eth0 is up. Why is this? Here's what I did: root@faisal-desktop# ifconfig lo down ...
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How to reset / reinstall the networking on Windows 7

I've already followed the steps for reinstalling the TCP/IP protocol driver. The problem I am experiencing is probably pretty specific, but I am hoping there is a general solution to fix. It seems ...
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What does a network card driver do?

Can't the operating system directly write data to the PCI bus and the network card would simply send it through the cable? What does the driver do, and in what way does that differ for each network ...
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Unable to uninstall virtualbox network drivers

Last time I tried to uninstall virtualbox, it failed with a BSOD. Since then, I am unable to install any version of virtualbox. The uninstaller seem's to fail to. When i look in my network drivers ...
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MacBook Pro Ethernet drivers for Ubuntu. How to install?

I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 TLS - the Lycid Lynx onto MacBook Pro (specs). I have used it so far with wireless network and everything was fine until I have tried using wired network - it does not ...
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HP G62 A10SE WiFi Driver

I an trying to figure out what is hardware enclosed in my notebook for wifi access. I can see there is no wifi detected even I have wifi modem. My laptop lacks wifi driver but I am not sure which ...
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how to install Wimax Dongle over Ubuntu?

i have Asus Wimax Dongle and it has an Independence software from the Asus company requires user name and password and its running will over windows 7 now i've tried ubuntu 10.10 but nothing happens ...
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No Network Connection in WinXP image from Microsoft running on VirtualBox 3.1.6 OSE (Ubuntu 10.04) due to missing CD Rom

I'd like to test local websites in IE7 and IE8.To do that I thought about using the free Microsoft images: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/default.mspx I converted the VHDs ...
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Error installing Network driver

I'm tring to install NetLimiter 3 (3.0.0.10, x64) on my Windows 7 x64 machine. At the driver installation step, I'm getting an error: Error 0x8004a029: Couldn't install the network component. ...
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nvidia nforce 10/100 mbps ethernet driver and Windows XP

I have a compaq presario here on which I have stupidly installed Windows XP before doing any research. Now I don't have a single driver for any device on the computer. Luckily, I've found a driver for ...
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hosts file for ip address

I would like to map ip address to specific localhost interfaces (e.g. 23.45.66.77 => 127.0.3.3). For named hosts I can use the hosts file. Naturally this doesn't work for IP address. This has to work ...
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How to configure LAN controller to run at 1Gbps connectivity?

I have a few computers connected through a Gigabit router which show 1Gbps connections. However, one of the computers only shows 100Mbps connectivity even though it is capable of 1Gbps. I am not ...
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Seemingly random network connectivity

This has been driving me nuts for a while. When I turn on the PC (which has a wired Ethernet connection), it cannot be accessed by other computers on the network. In other words, inbound connections ...
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Ubuntu Wireless Driver reinstall

My Wireless driver is deactivated and I had it before. I know that it's there, it just won't show. Ubuntu in it's full-gloried-smartness wants to download the wireless driver. (FYI, my LAN port is ...
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Can Kaspersky Rescue My Netbook?

My cute little pink netbook has apparently contracted something terrible from one of those foreign hooker websites. I would like to use the Kaspersky Rescue CD to attempt to save it instead of wiping ...
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How do I solve an unidentified network issue? It can't connect to the Internet

I basically have a problem with Windows 7 connecting to my home network. It keeps identifying my home network as unidentified, and it continually does "identifying" until it simply say cannot connect ...
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NICs not visible for DA0S20MB6F2

I have a motherboard that says DA0S20MB6F2 on it. It was in an iron port box. I can't get Windows to see the NICs on it. Why not? What do I have to do to make the NICs visible?
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Prevent Automatic driver update on Windows XP

I have a Lenovo Z61m machine running Windows XP. On this machine i have a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet netcard. For the last 2-3 months, windows have been automatically updating my drivers to ...
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OS X will not register newly installed network adapters

I have purchased an Edimax 7318USg and tested it on a Windows machine (works). The installation process for the software for this adapter runs smoothly. However, OS X simply does not recognize new ...