I have a Win 7 computer that run a CNC plasma table. The computer is a dell optiplex 386, 32 bit with 2 gigs ram. This machine is hardly ever hooked to the internet. The table was down for some repairs and I decided to take the computer to my house to give it some TLC, a good cleaning and and to do the normal updates. a couple of the cad programs needed to be updated and while I was at it let windows do it's update thing also.
I have a wireless DLink adapter that I use on a XP machine another Win 7 machine and also a Win 10 machine so I know the adapter is ok. Normally all I have had to do plug the device into a USB port and the computer finds and installs what it needs and then all I have to do is log on to wireless network. When I tried it with this machine it would not work. I can hard wire it straight to the wireless router and get internet but I would like use the wireless adapter because I don't want to be tied to a ethernet cable. Someone told me that my plug n play option on this computer may not be enabled. I don't know if that is true or not and if it was I can't figure out how to fix it.
My main goal was to be able to put a bunch of training videos on either an external hard drive or some USB sticks so I could have them to look at out in the shop where there is no internet. Hopefully it is something I can fix and not have to send it to a shop. Thanks for looking.....
I have a wireless DLink adapter that I use on a XP machine another Win 7 machine and also a Win 10 machine so I know the adapter is ok. Normally all I have had to do plug the device into a USB port and the computer finds and installs what it needs and then all I have to do is log on to wireless network. When I tried it with this machine it would not work. I can hard wire it straight to the wireless router and get internet but I would like use the wireless adapter because I don't want to be tied to a ethernet cable. Someone told me that my plug n play option on this computer may not be enabled. I don't know if that is true or not and if it was I can't figure out how to fix it.
My main goal was to be able to put a bunch of training videos on either an external hard drive or some USB sticks so I could have them to look at out in the shop where there is no internet. Hopefully it is something I can fix and not have to send it to a shop. Thanks for looking.....