Help: Not sharing folders, but can they still be hacked?
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:14:05 -0700
I'm using Vista but not sharing any folders at all on my
unsecured wireless network.
However, could a hacker in my apartment complex
still access the hard drive's files if my admin password is blank
(since I never set the admin pw up),
or even just another way,
even though I don't share any folders? ...
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Help: What is the administrator password? What if I've never set i
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:51:01 -0700
I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.
But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin
password".
I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a
password to.
Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admin ...
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Access other conputer on network
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:23:01 -0700
Hi, I recently contact my ISP following Internet intermittent disconnection.
They come and changed the Modem which now has a router in it. Prior set-up
was an older generation of Modem and I had added a Dlink router when I
purchased a laptop and wanted to access shared folder via the network. On the
network & ...
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Can A Hacker Steal My Files If I Don't Share Any Folders In Vista File Sharing?
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:55:43 -0500
Hi, I accidentally left my router unsecured for a couple of hours.
I also left my laptop on during this time,
connected wirelessly to the unsecured router.
My question is, can a hacker in my apartment complex
who really wants to, connect to this router and
hack into my laptop's hard drive and steal/tra ...
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Win 7 WPAD stops working
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:17:16 -0500
I use my Win 7 notebook on an office network with a proxy during the day,
and on my home network w/o proxy at night. Used to be that WPAD configured
the proxy settings for me, but it stopped working a week or two ago; don't
recall when. I have to manually turn on "Use a proxy server" at the office
and turn i ...
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Wireless problems
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:18 -0700
Hey,
I read the whole thread,
I have the same problem, only mine did work, until a few days ago, i really need the laptop on collega and nobody knows what the problem is.
It only works when i plug in the cable.
I was wondering if you guys could help me out.
Maybe reinstall the driver for the wireless internet ...
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Security tab error
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:59:01 -0700
There are certain files on our network that whenever I attempt to look at the
security tab, the following error comes up (preceded by a red X) "The
requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed."
I'm the creator, and I can open, edit, and save the file, however, no one
else can. ...
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Remote Desktop problems - one laptop works the other doesn't
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:39:07 -0400
This is strange. I have two nearly identical HP laptops.
Both are the same model, but one (that gives trouble) has
some additional hardware (video) features. Both are running
Vista Home Premium 64 and have all the updates applied. I am
trying to open a RD session on an XP Home Pro machine.
One of the HP' ...
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Help with Remote Assistance
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:07:47 -0700
We seriously need help making a Remote Assistance connection. We have some
senior family members who really need our constant assistance, but we cannot
connect. Here is a little background:
FIRST, the connection is being made over the internet, with an invitation
and password, not within a local network.
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Lost Network Connection
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:47:47 +0000
I am working on a friend's Dell Optiplex 330 running Vista SP2. The
Broadcom Gigabit Controller is showing enabled and functional in Device
Manager but does not show in Network Connections. IPCONFIG /all shows
the hardware connection with specific DNS entries. How do I get the
connection to show in Network Connecti ...
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