Newsletter Archives
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Using the ipconfig command to troubleshoot network problems
NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING
By Lance Whitney
When you’re having trouble connecting to a network, Windows’ command-line option IP Configuration can reveal helpful information.
Network-connection problems can crop up anywhere and in various ways: at home, at a hotel, connecting to a network printer, opening webpages, and so forth. Connection issues can be relatively simple or complex. For example, you might have an IP-address conflict, where two devices are trying to use the same address — and the solution is a quick IP refresh. Or your system could have trouble resolving addresses: you can connect to a site or server via its IP address but not through its name. That might require some deeper digging.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.37.0 (2019-10-14).
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How do you know if File History is really working?
LANGALIST
By Fred Langa
For that matter, how do you know if any of your backups are working?
The best proof is a nondestructive, no-overwrite, test-restore of one or more of your backed-up files. Here’s how, using Windows’ File History as the example.
Plus: Full and partial fixes to a recurring and seemingly patternless boot failure.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.25.0 (2019-07-08).
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Top 10 free troubleshooting tools for Windows 10
If you have problems with Windows 10 (and, eh, who doesn’t?) here are my ten top picks for fixes.