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Hi, Im using a network cable from the router to my room for the internet as the wireless signal is a bit weak. This cable works fine on the Xbox but doesnt seem to work for the laptop. It connects fine and Windows says the connection is working but when i try to go to a webpage, Google for example, it just says "waiting for Google to respond" and nothing happens. Ive tried everything; updating the drivers for the connection, resetting the router even got to the point where I did a factory reset of the laptop but nothing has worked. Please Help!

I apologise for how long this post will be, i know it must be boring to read it all but i feel i need to get all the info in to help solve the case! First off, im not sure what the differences are between ethernet/cross-over/network cables. I assumed they all did the same job, but perhaps this is the problem, we'll see. Id been using a long 20m cable supplied by my ISP to connect my laptop to the modem in another room. This had worked fine for years, then all of a sudden, the internet started messing up. It kept dropping the connection or saying "limited connectivity" or just running extremely slow. I tried restarting the modem, laptop etc to no avail. I did a thorough check for any viruses but found nothing, tried a different port on the modem and even tried a system restore. Nothing worked. But it worked ok with the Xbox??? So i bought a new ethernet cable. The laptop reads this cable fine but the internet just does not load at all. Ive tried it on my Xbox and another laptop and the same result. Perhaps its the wrong cable? But another, newer laptop works fine with it. Ive also tried another 10m cable i had in another room, this works fine on the Xbox but not on the laptop. And finally, i tried another laptop, this worked fine with the new cable once. Now it reads it but does not load the internet. What on earth is going on?

Perfect. Thanks!

Im using a Sony Vaio with a built in Motion Eye camera. I was wondering if you can use this camera as an independant video camera to capture clips to edit, rather than just a webcam in Messenger/Skype. Do i need a seperate or 3rd party program? Ive tried to find any useful programs on my computer and had a search on Google but havnt found anything (obviously) useful. Any help would be great. Thanks!

It may be and i shall definitely do a few scans and have a clean out. Though its not just happening on my computer but on others aswell. There are multiple people in the house using the internet all at the same time and the 2 of us that use Firefox have experienced the same problem. Could it just be a case of too many users, not enough band width?

I dont think its my ISP or firewall settings as neither of those has changed recently. Also its many different sites that are temporarily unacessible such as Google, Youtube and Twitter. I cant imagine the ISP or Firewall would block those, would they?

I had a quick flick through some threads to see if this had been addressed but didnt find anything. But apologies if i missed it. I regularly get an error message of "Server Not Found" whislt browsing with Firefox. This happens completely at random with many different sites, often simultaneously. It seems especially sensitive when im trying to load a video on one site and trying to access another. No amount of refreshing or restarting seems to help and i just have to leave it and it will eventually work later. Ive have just updated to the newest version of Firefox but it hasnt made any difference. Any help would be great, Thanks!

Sorry to drag this thread up again. Have had a look on about:config on firefox and all the 'signon' preferences are still default. About resetting all preferences, im not quite sure how to do that or what i might lose (like bookmarks?). I found the Firefox profiles folder which has got one profile in it. Can i just delete the whole thing and Firefox will start a new profile automatically without losing my bookmarks? There is a file in the profiles folder called 'formhistory.sqlite'.Can i just delete that and have firefox start a new 'forms history' automatically?

Sorry for the late reply. Nope, dont have ATF or CCleaner.

Thanks for the tip Goku. Gave it ago and it does force some sites to ask about remembering passwords but the initial probelm is still there. I dont think i was very good at explaining it! The problem differs from site to site. I want Firefox to remember my username on Hotmail but not my password (which is what it use to) but now remembers nothing. For Youtube, it remembers my username and password but doest keep me signed in permanantly (like it use to). The little boxes saying 'remember me' seem to not work on hotmail and only remember my login details on Youtube. On YahooMail, Firefox remembers nothing at all whereas it use to keep me signed in permanantly. I know this is a very trivial problem and having to sign in to sites is not exactly majorly time consuming. But it was the fact that Firefox use to do all these things automatically and now doesnt! Anyways, thanks for all the help. It seems like this problem is just a bit of a mystery. If you guys come up with anything else, let me know! Cheers

Any other ideas? Its still happening!

I had AVG, Avast and Superanti Spyware all running at the same time. In another thread, i asked if this was pointless and after, uninstalled AVG and took Superanti Spyware off online protection. I can really remember if i uninstalled all components of AVG but i would guess that i did.

OK reinstalled Firefox but still the same problem. Maybe it is something to do with using a different AntiVirus?

Hmm no i hadnt thought of that. Err another question though. How do i back up my bookmarks?

All cookies are being accepted and not cleared when clearing private data. Its a bit of a mystery!

Hi guys The box in the Security Tab is already ticked for remembering passwords. I have the latest version of firefox and when i clear private data, i make sure the box for clearing passwords is not ticked.

Im having minor, but still very annoying issues with Firefox remembering my usernames and passwords and keeping me logged into certain sites. Previosuly, Firefox would keep me signed in on sites like YouTube and Yahoo Mail, or remember my username on Hotmail. Now it seems to not. Firefox still occasionally remembers my username but still requires me to log in manually instead of keeping me logged in OR doesnt remember my username/password at all. I havnt changed any settings that i can think of that would cause this. I do occasionally 'clear private data' on Tools but Firefox forgets my login prefrences despite of this. This issue did seem to start around the time i changed AntiVirus, though im not sure if thats just a coincidence. Any help would be great. Thanks! Raj

Thanks for the help guys. Think i will get rid of AVG cause a) i think its the free version anyway (just says i have 2 year license, not that its paid for) and b) ive heard Avast is better than AVG. Have got malwarebytes already =) Cheers!

Just a quick 'noob' question about AV progs and possible conflicts. I have a few anti-virus programs that all run at the same time just trying to be extra safe. Im wondering if this is a complete waste of time and resources? Does one program have priority and therefore makes the others useless? The AV's i use are Avast (free edition), SuperAntiSpyware (free edition) and AVG (paid). Having them all does make my laptop start up a bit slower but i dont mind that if they are all helping together. Any info would be great Thanks raj_head

Thanks guys, it worked. Much appreciated

This is something very very minor but its bugging the hell out of me! The volume control has dissapeared from my system tray and i cant seem to get it back. On properties > customize (right click in the system tray) volume control is not there either as an option for dislay. I know ive still got it because its in start > programs > accesories > entertainment. Any Ideas? Thanks

Hi Goku, thanks for the help. Yes the video does play in VLC but i was hoping to convert as i want to edit it and my video editor doesnt support this type of file. This happens with multiple .asf files, not just the one. Ive recorded these files off a stream hence the .asf extension, does this mean that the method or program i recorded with is corrupt? edit: one of the .asf converters is saying that my.asf source file is not a valid media file!

Im trying to convert .asf files to something else like .avi or mpeg. Ive tried 2 different programs for this, Star ASF converter and Boilsoft ASF converter. When i try and load the source file, both programs have come up with errors saying the cannot open the file or cant load it. So im guessing this is a problem with the original .asf file? Anyone know how i can fix this or convert them some other way? Any help would be great Thanks

Hi Wolfey, thanks for the reply. No havnt tried that yet. Will i lose any programs or files if i do that? Or will it reset all the settings to defualt? Also where is the option for Last known good configuration and does it have to been done in safe mode? Thanks again

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