So I got up this morning at 4:30 am which is a bit earlier than I would have liked (this is really 5:30 EST). I was hoping to get lots of work done but last night and this morning I could not get onto the hotel broadband connection. I would get the login screen but when I put in my room number it would time out.
I rebooted and played with settings for a long time and then I decided to call tech support. The person who answered asked me to turn of the firewall and a whole bunch of other things like changing my proxy server.
Nothing worked. He then asked if I have “Skypee” which I inferred was Skype (I also inferred the tech support team may be based in Italy). I told him indeed I do have “Skypee.”
When I disabled “Skypeee” it solved the problem and I can now join the internet community once again. Happy day.
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I am having problems with internet connections at hotels. When I connect to the wireless network of the hotel, it triggers a fatal error on my computer which causes it to shut down. The errors, depending on the stay, is DEP or DCOM. At nonhotel locations, my connections are just fine. Anyone have this experience or know what to do?