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    Adding Wireless Printer to Desktop Running Win XP from Wired Desktop Running Win 7

    I'll try this when both computers are on in the a.m. I have checked my computer and I did notice on the private settings one of the settings was marked "password protect", so I told it not to password protect and under public settings, some things were marked share and somethings were marked do...
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    Can't update to Windows 8.1

    Before you tried installing 8.1 could you see a BIOS screen on startup during a normal boot?
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    Adding Wireless Printer to Desktop Running Win XP from Wired Desktop Running Win 7

    Make sure the share on the windows 7 machine settings didn't get messed up: In Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings Make sure that Network Discovery and File and Printer Sharing are enabled for your Private (Work & Home) Network. I had an...
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    Can't update to Windows 8.1

    Nuts... Is the output maybe an unsupported resolution, color depth, or refresh rate? What graphics card are we working with?
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    My home computer boots by itself every morning and my wife finds it spooky!

    Hang on a sec. Is it actually booting up? Like from a shutdown state? Or is it coming out of hibernation/sleep?