Recent content by Clueless in Seattle

Thanks, COLGeek! I finally found the hard drive!

I'm being forced to move because my landlord is selling the apartment where I've lived the last few years. So I've been gathering up my old inoperable computers to haul off to a recycler. I seem to recall reading somewhere that before tossing them we should pull the hard drives and...

No, sad to say, these are just your run-of-the-mill desktop speakers that you plug into your PC. Here's a photo I found online. As you can see, my aging old eyeballs misread the model number. It turns out it's MLi, not ML1. MLI Speakers, stock image by Will Anderson, on Flickr

Bingo! Thanks a million hang-the-9! I just installed and ran SimpleSoundVolume and now I've got the up and down arrows configured as hotkeys to turn up and down the volume just as I requested! And as a bonus, the "End" key, (which sits right next to the up arrow) is now configured as a...

Hi! Do you know if there's a way to assign the audio volume and stereo balance controls to the arrow keys on a laptop? I'm an old guy who has to spend the better part of each day in bed due to worsening debilitating chronic ailments. So I've increasingly pressed my refurbished Dell Latitude...

Bingo! That link... https://thegeekpage.com/fix-network-computers-are-not-showing-up-in-windows-10/ ...did the trick! Thanks a million, Ralston18! Now the laptop running Windows 10 can see itself again. And it is now also visible again from the PC running Windows 10. So, this is a giant...

Thanks, COLGeek! I see that you've already found my thread and have posted there that you've had the same problem. So, let's wait and see if anyone will join in and help us solve the mystery of the disappearing laptop..

I've been exchanging messages on a daily basis with a senior forum member who has been walking me through a complex troubleshooting procedure. But then five days ago my last post to the thread went unanswered. I can see that this person is very busy on the forums, so I'm guessing that my last...

The photo of the router in the link you sent me doesn't match what my router looks like. Here's a photo of what my router looks like: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1312918-REG/arris_tg862_voice_gateway_cable_modem.html But, in spite of the difference in appearance, I do log into the...

Hi Ralson! Thanks for coming to my rescue again! Here's the info your requested: 1. Which model Comcast modem/router? ARRIS TG862 Residential Gateway & Router 2. Any other network devices: printer, NAS...? Here's a list from the modem setup on the router (Question marks mean I'm...

Up until a few days ago I had a laptop and a PC hooked up together via cables to my Comcast modem/router on a Windows 10 home network. I'm an old guy with countless debilitating chronic health issues so I have to spend a lot of time resting in bed, so I was using Windows Remote Desktop...

My networking project was abruptly interrupted last month by the failure of the hard drive in the refurbished Windows 10 PC I which had just bought a few days before. So I had to ship it back to the supplier and then wait for a replacement PC, which finally arrived a couple of days ago. I've...

I've been trying to get 3 PCs, each running a different version of Windows, networked together so I can consolidate all the data and software from the 2 olderst PCs onto the newest PC. The Windows versions are XP, 7 and 10. So far I've not succeeded but I haven't give up yet. From the PC...

I share your skepticism regarding the stated motives of Microsoft, et al. And now, back to playing network detective: This morning when I booted up all three PCS, my Win 7 PC failed to establish a connection to my XP PC. Yet, from the XP PC, I had a solid network connection to the Win 7 PC...

Yes, that took me to the Comcast/Xfinity log in page where I found the list of devices. I found a wireless adapter and under properties it says: "Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer. (Code 45)" I figured that one out. It's my VOIP adapter. A local guy I know...