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A question about computers

So, I just got a new laptop, my first Windows machine in over a decade. Well, I set it up to use my WiFi at home, and when I went to my friend's house I set it up to work off of her WiFi. Her router had the option to use the WPS button instead of entering the security key. Well, the next time I went over there, I couldn't connect to her wireless network, and when I tried to do the set-up over again, the WPS option didn't even appear on my laptop's menu. 

What gives? What should I be double-checking? I'm running Windows 7, if that makes any difference. 

Thanks for any guidance.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on October 27, 2012 at 2:17pm

But the concept of nudging a desktop OS in the direction of a mobile OS to provide for a more integrated user experience is bold and new, right?  I mean, the roadmap for MacOS 10.7 and 10.8  to do so couldn't have been laid out more than 4 or 5 years ago.

James BlackHeron said:

Windows 8?   The 1990's called and wants their Compuserve look back.

Microsoft says that this is their chance to get into mobile computing.  Well, the jury has been in on that one for the last 15 years.   Microsoft has tried again and again and AGAIN to build mobile operating systems and they just don't get it.  The fact that WinMobile has been such a massive FAIL try after try is why there is such a thing as iOS and Android.   Windows 8 is going to suck.  Windows Phone is going to suck.  People have given them a ton of tries and they are out on strikes.   Windows 8 is never going to get out of the dugout.  The consumers aren't going to give them another at-bat.   Sorry.  Too Little Too Late.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on October 27, 2012 at 2:23pm

That is true in principle, if not for the fact that Microsoft developers have consistently and historically bloated their source code at a rate that FAR-FAR-FAR outstrips the trends with hardware development and Moore's Law. 

They have fundamentally been working AWAY from mobile computing capability throughout their corporate lifespan -not towards it. 

h' said:

But the concept of nudging a desktop OS in the direction of a mobile OS to provide for a more integrated user experience is bold and new, right?  I mean, the roadmap for MacOS 10.7 and 10.8  to do so couldn't have been laid out more than 4 or 5 years ago.

James BlackHeron said:

Windows 8?   The 1990's called and wants their Compuserve look back.

Microsoft says that this is their chance to get into mobile computing.  Well, the jury has been in on that one for the last 15 years.   Microsoft has tried again and again and AGAIN to build mobile operating systems and they just don't get it.  The fact that WinMobile has been such a massive FAIL try after try is why there is such a thing as iOS and Android.   Windows 8 is going to suck.  Windows Phone is going to suck.  People have given them a ton of tries and they are out on strikes.   Windows 8 is never going to get out of the dugout.  The consumers aren't going to give them another at-bat.   Sorry.  Too Little Too Late.

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