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dustindmorrison
Feb 27, 2016Aspirant
C6300 my hp windows 7 wont connect wirelessly
I have a new c6300 modem router and I am having issues connecting to it wirelessly with my hp windows 7. It keeps saying my security settings do not match. I have verified everywhere that I know how ...
TheEther
Feb 27, 2016Guru
Perhaps your HP machine is caching an old Wi-Fi password. You can force the computer to forget the Wi-Fi network. I no longer have a Windows 7 in my house, but I believe you can do this by either left or right clicking on the Wi-Fi icon at the bottom right, in the Notification area. Oh, I just Googled it. Open Network and Sharing Control panel and click Manage wireless networks. Select your Wi-Fi network and click Remove.
After you succeed in getting the computer to forget the Wi-Fi network, proceed to join it again. You should be prompted to enter the password.