New with no Internet

[PeterOz]

Lppk at the pic I supplied
Either plug into black port next to network or one of the blue ones

[sbjdteam]

I did. It hasn’t done anything. Like… There’s been no noise signifying something new was added. Nothing popped up on screen to tell me something new was added. I’m just assuming it’s working.

[PeterOz]

So tour internet is stable?

[Bruce]

there should have been a bing-bong noise (providing sound is working) when the USB device was connected?
are you hearing sounds when playing audio?

if no noise, try another USB port, front or back, doesn’t matter.
if still no luck, try the other USB wireless adapter you had in the draw.

[sbjdteam]

There we go!
It didn’t bing-bong when I plugged it in originally but it did when I pulled it out just now And when I plugged it back in to a different port!
Thank you so much Bruce and Peter!
Hopefully this solves the problem! If it doesn’t - I’ll be back. lol

Should I go into something like ‘Settings’ or ‘Control Panel’ and click on Wi-Fi or does it automatically hook-up itself?

Ummm… Do you have any idea why this dang thing stopped playing DVD’s? House is in a hollow so I lose Internet often. (Any time the weatherman even hints at wind. smh) When that happens, I’m lost w/o Hulu (We don’t have TV.) so I normally throw a DVD in computer. (I pretty much live in my bedroom.)
About two months ago, computer stopped playing DVD’s. I don’t have any idea why. It plays videos I’ve sent it from my phone but it won’t play a store-bought one.

[sbjdteam]

It was a wonderful 24 hours - some before I plugged-in the Wi-Fi and some after. Beginning at 11:00 AM today however…
I’ve had to ‘diagnose’ and refresh my pages 5 times (so far) in 20 minutes. Not quite as bad as earlier but still very demoralizing.

[sbjdteam]

I’ll tell you - my life is imploding and there seems to be No corner that is being left unmolested.
I realized last week that my Word was doing something weird but I didn’t take time to delve into it. I found an opportunity to apply for a promotion at work today and dug out my resume and…
My Word is publishing everything I write to Internet Explorer! Do you know why it would do that? I can’t edit anything because - apparently - it’s a web page or something. I don’t know.
I have my Internet Explorer shut down. I’ve Never used it. I hate it. I think I put it in a zip file even. But when I use my CCleaner - I notice that Internet Explorer always has stuff in it and the Cleaner is not able to clean it up. I just figured it was a (fairly) benign intrusion to my right to not use it.
But now it’s capturing my Word writings.
I cannot wait to get rid of this whole shebang and get a Linux. smdh

[PeterOz]

click on the icon near the clock

It should be like the pic in post # 8

It should have the name of the landlords wifi.

To be double sure

[ol]
[li]From the Start screen, press the Windows Logo + X key combination.[/li][li]On the menu, click Command Prompt.[/li][li]The Command Prompt window will appear.[/li][li]copy this line -the one in orange - drag mouse over to highlight and right click and copy[/li][li]Put your mouse in the cmd window - right click and paste.[/li][/ol]
[COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]ipconfig /all >“%userprofile%\desktop\ipconfig.txt” Press the enter key

This should put a text file on your desktop. Please attach the file in your reply.

is your printer/scanner connected by a usb cable?

Can your dvd play music[/COLOR]

[PeterOz]

Sorry tried to post answer earlier but site was having problems.
We can maybe upgrade to windows 10
Or try a dual boot to linux
Have you used linux.

[PeterOz]

How do I get out of HTML mode in Word?

Turning Off HTML Conversions
[ol]
[li]Display the Word Options dialog box. …[/li][li]At the left side of the dialog box click Advanced.[/li][li]Scroll through the options until you see the General section. …[/li][li]Make sure the Confirm File Format Conversion On Open check box is selected.[/li][li]Click on OK.[/li][/ol]

[sbjdteam]

Printer with scanner is attached with usb cable.
And - yes, a CD just played.

[PeterOz]

You are now connected via wifi and not bluetooth.
On the signal strength (near the clock) how many bars

[sbjdteam]

Sorry tried to post answer earlier but site was having problems.
We can maybe upgrade to windows 10
Or try a dual boot to linux
Have you used linux.

No problem whatsoever. I’m just grateful you’re still with me at all. smh
I don’t do any of this. I work and go to sleep 90% of the time. When I have spare time, I get on computer, watch Frasier on Hulu, read some headlines on Twitter and play Zoo Tycoon. I Never, ever click on anything in any areas to make changes. The computer does all that by itself.

[sbjdteam]

How do I get out of HTML mode in Word?

Turning Off HTML Conversions
[ol]
[li]Display the Word Options dialog box. …[/li][li]At the left side of the dialog box click Advanced.[/li][li]Scroll through the options until you see the General section. …[/li][li]Make sure the Confirm File Format Conversion On Open check box is selected.[/li][li]Click on OK.[/li][/ol]

It was not checked but it is now.

[sbjdteam]

It was not checked but it is now.

It’s been putting my ProtonMail emails into the Word/Explorer format! I just clicked on something with Internet Explorer picture to see if it would come up in Word instead (it didn’t) and it was an email I sent to someone last week!