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Occasionally, problems may occur with your wireless router. When they do you are likely to lose all or partial access to the internet, and so you will want to resolve them as quickly as possible.

The first thing to do is work out whether you have completely lost access, or whether it is just running very slowly. If it is down completely then it is likely that your internet service provider is having problems and you may not be able to overcome it.

When your net goes down completely your modem will normally display a warning signal in the form of a flashing light, or the absence of the light that normally indicates that the internet is working.

Your router may also display a similar warning-the modem input light may change to red, may flash or may stop showing.

When this happens you can try and reboot both the router and the modem. However if this does not work you are likely to have to wait till your service provider corrects the problem. Read the rest of this entry →

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You may encounter many different types of strange error messages while working on your Windows computer. These errors may not only prevent you from working on your PC, but may also cause unnecessary frustrations.

Listed below are a few easy tips to help you troubleshoot strange error messages and resolve them.

When an error message is displayed, ensure that:

• Your system meets the requirement to perform a particular task

Many computer errors occur if your system does not have the required software, hardware, or driver to open a particular file.

For example, if you try to play an XviD movie on your computer and you do not have XviD codec installed on the PC, the missing xvidcore.dll error may be generated. In this case, to resolve the error, you will have to obtain and install the XviD codec and then attempt to play your media file again. Read the rest of this entry →