ahardb0dy Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 On my Dell Laptop, when I check my network settings under wireless properties tab, security, the pass phrase shown is not what the pass phrase is set too on my Linksys router, my comp will still connect to the internet. If I change the pass phrase on the laptop, and close the window, when I re open it, the pass phrase is back to what it was before, it doesn't save the one I put in. Any ideas on this, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theexbrit Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 What OS are you running, XP, 7, Vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 You can try removing the wireless connection from the list of stored connections and connecting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 sorry, Windows Vista on my laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 On my Dell Laptop There's your problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abchance001 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Hello guy's, New windows has been released, I thought you might be aware of that. Its window 8. I'd like to try that but too expensive here in our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Maybe its set up to remember the network? Also, le spam? ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 I did a firmware upgrade on the router and so far it's been working good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theexbrit Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Vista is a strange beast indeed. I upgraded my desktop to Win 7 as Vista was driving me mad. Hopefully you fixed it with the fw upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Was thinking of going to windows 7 and adding some more ram too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I'm about to go back to XP honestly. Vista on my lap top has always drove me nuts and it's way overdue to be wiped clean. I have a new 7 disk but I dunno if it's worth installing. Unfortunately I've heard that some web pages no longer load with XP, but it might be stuff I don't even use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towncivilian Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 7 is leaps and bounds better than Vista & XP. XP is trash and should have been unsupported five years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteeevO Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 XP was good, 7 is Great, Vista is junk and 8 is stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 I really never had any major problems with Vista but lately it seems the comp is using a lot of resources, so I was looking into going to windows 7. Would like to double the Ram as I said too. We have XP Pro on our desktop and it works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo94 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Have you tried a disc cleanup because over time vista can use allot of resources. You can also try deleting some of the "shadow copies" of your drive in disc clean I have gained up to 30gb sometimes from doing this. To get to disc cleanup open the computer directory (You might or might not have a shortcut on your desktop) and right click on your main drive (Usually C:) and click disc cleanup. I usually check all the boxes in "Files to delete" after you've clicked "ok" go back to it and choose more options to delete your shadow copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OfftourRoadie96 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 For future reference.....once you go Mac.....YOU NEVER GO BACK! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 TBH I prefer the filing system on PCs. Maybe because I grew up with them. I like PCs in concept but their execution is just abysmal... they never fix anything, they just move the buttons around so that everything you learned from the last version, doesn't work anymore. As ungodly expensive as Macs are, I wouldn't buy a PC. My friend gave me her old Vista machine. From the moment it started up, the processor would be running at 100% trying to keep up with all the crap it was trying to run. Between that and 'you do not have permission to edit this file,' I just about took an axe to the thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor636 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 For future reference.....once you go Mac.....YOU NEVER GO BACK! I like my computer to cost less than 1k. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 ^before upgrades... XP was good, 7 is Great, Vista is junk and 8 is stupid. A decade of computing summed up in 40 letters, accurately! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrT Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) Come on... I love XP. But 7 is way better than vista. And if you're upgrading ram make sure you go 64 bit for your OS if you plan on putting in more than 4gb.<br /><br />Also. Your encryption method might have to do with your "issue." If you're using a pass phrase it might just be converting it to the hex key. If it was still connecting as usual you really don't have a problem. Edited November 22, 2012 by MrT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 I would be going to 4 GB, have 2 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Well since this has gone way off-topic... XP is old but it will run fine if you have anything old to run it on but keep in mind that it will no longer be supported by Microsoft very soon. Avoid Vista like the plague and its billions of updates. 7 is Vista done right and is a pretty good upgrade to XP and it was made to run on netbooks provided that you have enough RAM and hard disk space. 8 is for touch screen devices. If you don't like Windows phone then forget 8. I have Windows versions spanning from first release 95 all the way to 8 and everything in between like NT4 and 2000. I have to admit that 7 is the best right now. Don't get me started on Macs. Mac users need to STFU about how great it is. There is not as much you can do with a Mac OS as you can with Windows. Then there is Linux. It works everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Ordered 2 sticks of 2 GB ram, was supposed to be delivered today but it's one of those weird shipping deals where it originally was shipped using UPS but now is being transferred to the USPS, so maybe it will be here tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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