ChuffChuff, hasn't it just lost its setup? It is likely to be allocating itself IP addresses rather than asking the router via DHCP. Probably to do with not being in repeater mode or something similar (don't know much about repeaters).

"How can I switch it back to the home network? I cannot find in the help how to do it."

I don't know whether you thought I was just pointing you to a 'sales pitch' for the Edimax or not and that the said Reviews were thus just about selling/buying?

Neither do I know whether you bothered to read any of the 'Reviews'?

However, I just want to point out that the first 10 Customer Reviews or so on this particular link above are all to do with various connection/recognition tips and difficulties.

There are more reviews than just these first 10 but I didn't read any further to find out if all 96 Customer Reviews are about this aspect of usage. ie. various connection/recognition TIPS and difficulties.

I would be surprised if it had lost its setup, as I have powered it down & up again to try it in different parts of the house for the best signal w/o problems. However, you may be right as I cannot access the internet through the Edimax on my desktop (Win XP) & my internet radio, so it may not be a Win 7 matter

I read the reviews but they didn't seem relevant except for initial setup. When I did the initial setup I used a set of instructions I got from the edimax website on how to do it with the setup wizard, and it went pretty smoothly w/o difficulties.

FWIW, I've known routers lose their configuration for less dramatic events than a sudden power down.

I should factory reset it and start all over again.

MM - That's what I'm trying now. For some strange reason I can get on to the internet thro the router on my old laptop, but cannot, now, on my desktop or my new laptop!!!

Thanks

Thanks to Harrycat, iiwarm, Bolshi, ExecLine and anyone else I missed out re answers to Spybot and administrator problems.
Will first try re-installing then if still not working the other suggestions.
Your help is much appreciated.

Regards Greek.

Greekman,

I don't know the reason for your problem, but I do know that .NET installations create an additional user account that can cause some odd things to happen with other software. I believe the additional user account can be safely deleted unless you want to do some .NET development work.

It might be worth checking to see what user accounts you've got on your machine.

Have got that Router problem sorted. It was an issue in Win7, with the router showing up as being on a public rather than a home network in "Network & Sharing Centre" under "view your active networks". For some reason it is possible to change from home to public with ease on this screen by clicking on home network beneath you network name. This throws up a screen to change between the network types and defaults to "Public". If you cancel that screen your network then changes to public, and there seems to be no facility to change back to home by the same route.
Still not sure how I managed to get to be able to change back, but whatever it was, it works.

Glad you sorted it. I remember you initially saying you thought it was a Windows 7 difficulty.

I have 2 Viewsonic 19" Monitors which have excactly the same problem after a while I just get a flickering picture and then a few days later no picture at all, I have contacted the company to try and get them repaired, but they say they are both out of warrenty. since they are 3 years and over. Does anyone know what consumer rights I have if any, if not how much could I expect to pay to get them fixed??

RG: Are these flatscreens (I assume so). If both appear to have the same fault, have you eliminated any video card problems as being a possible cause?

I would hazard a guess that you're SoL on consumer rights/warranty at three years - computer equipment is oten amortised over three years on a company's books.

Given the price of a 19" monitor now (a 19" screen with LED backlighting is under 100) versus the cost of labour, I'd say it was technology upgrade time for you.

Go on, you know you want to!

Cheers,

MM

MightyMicro,

Thanks ;-)

Stupidly I have replaced them when they stopped working, with 2 Viewsonic 24" HDMI and 1 19" Viewsonic so got 3 contected to the PC, since the 2 old monitors were just lying around I thought I see what the company could do for me

Looks like they'll end up in China on rubbish tip now lol

RG
If they both went out together I would suspect the card.
See if its come unseated in its slot. if you've got a splitter cable,
check connection to card.Also is the fan clean and running at
speed.
mac
PS If you have another comp check out each screen individually.

tyketto

Thanks ;-)

I did the usually checks and tried them on other computers, plus the new 3 monitors work fine on my main computer am using now ;-)

Mind you two are coming up to their 1 1/2 half year useage the other is only 2 days old

fingers x'd

Update, Re the Spybot problem.

Uninstalled, then downloaded Spybot again, found same problem, so sent Spybot an e-mail.
They suggested I right click on their program under starter menu which bought up
Run as administrator. I clicked it and it worked, (a bit like Harrycat suggested, but had trouble finding it without directions from Spybot).

So once again thanks to all.

Some advice please. Just had a guy (Indian/International Call) saying he was a computer technician with Windows and that my computer had problems and would crash but he would help me to fix it! He wants me to go to run, etc. and type stuff in. I told him I was sceptical who he was and wasn't going to do anything! He knows my name and obviously has my telephone no. and ironically my computer on Google chrome did crash and tell me it had. I use Windows Vista, AVG and Windows Defender with Windows Firewall switched on. Normally use Mozilla. Am clueless on computers but haven't had any virus problems on any of my machines for years. Is he genuine and does Windows technical team do this!!! Thanks.

Have you registered somewhere online with your name and telephone recently. Looks pretty odd to me. What did he want you to type in at the 'Run' dialogue?

@jj50 dont give him any information or download anything from him or alter anything on your computer i feel this is something dodgy.

Thanks Haystack and Mega. No I haven't registered anything I can think of that he could pick up on. I don't even register my computers when I purchase them. He started to spell out something for me to type in the Run box but I stopped and said I had no proof of who he was and although he may be genuine, I wasn't going to take instructions from someone I didn't know! It was quite strange and he was most insistent. If they had my phone no., he would have my e mail address too so I shall see if anything comes via mail. It did feel dodgy but he was quite convincing.