Recent content by Raena92

Around here, things are going to be done as cheaply and easily as possible. I'm saving your post this time, too, so if it happens again, the guy will have something to go by. Thanks again, ever so much!

Hello again, baboma. I just wanted to let you know my WIFI dilemma appears to be fixed. I did show a copy of your email to both the building manager and the maintenance man. (The latter does have a good bit of training, beyond what one would expect of a maintenance man.) Unfortunately, I'm...

Thank you so much again! I'm printing out your post, and I'm going to show it to our apartment manager, since I'm not sure he knows much more than I do. Our maintenance man, though, knows quite a bit more, and he would probably be able to follow your directions -- if he can be persuaded to do so.

Thank you! And I'll definitely do some yelling. I'm an avid researcher, and kind of a graphic artist (don't make money with either!), but the desktop and the laptop are both important to me. Most people here don't have any computer at all. Some have tablets, but don't really use them much. Oh...

Thank you again.

Thank you so much for your advice. I'm getting in touch with the property manager again tomorrow, to see if he's still working on the idea of running a line from my apartment to -- somewhere. Apparently nearer the router. The other people here are probably even less savvy than I am about...

Thank you for that information; I truly appreciate it. Right now, our internet/wifi is factored into our rent. BTW, my apartment manager tried a Google Mesh device yesterday, and you were right: It did no good whatsoever. He asked Spectrum about doubling its speed, and the cost was 'way too...

Thank you, jojesa. What you're saying makes sense. It just seems that I'm going to have to put up with what is offered, and hope it does some good. As for as the bandwidth we're getting here, the manager either doesn't know, or doesn't care to know, so he's not going to ask Spectrum any...

I've completely messed up my attempts to thank everyone, and bring everyone up to date on where I'm at. I don't know what happened, actually, I'm so sorry about the mess. The most important thing to know at this point is the following: Well, I trapped my property manager when he was here for a...

Thank you for responding. I won't see my property manager for a few days, but when I do, I'll know some questions to ask, and then I'll post again. I suspect that what seems amiss actually is amiss: The owners'/property manager's desire to do as little as possible; tell the residents anything...

Thank your so much for your response. I probably won't see my property manager for a few days, but when I do see him, I'll know some questions to ask, and I'll post again.

I’m sorry that this will be so wordy. I’ll write what I think is most important first, and go on from there. The devices in question: Two Firesticks, one desktop computer, and one laptop, all on a WIFI network connecting to Spectrum internet. I had no problems until… Just over two years ago, I...

Hi, Ralston. Sorry it's been so long since I've been in touch. We've had some stuff going on here. Just wanted to let you know that I haven't had any black screens for a long time now. Hopefully, that will last. I'm going to enter here what I did, in case it would help someone else. Switched to...

OK. I did the sfc /scannow, and it showed no problems. When I tried doing the DISM, it gave me four options, and I didn't know which to use. Maybe I should have used them all. Oh, and the problems aren't multiplying; in fact things seem to be getting better. No more black screens today, either...

Thanks again for your response. The XPS 8930 I have cost about $4000, so there shouldn't have been any "crap" in it, including the PSU. Then, again, it turned out the SSD and the motherboard were crap, so who knows? I'll run the "sfc /scannow" and the "dism" and will let you know what comes of...