i just bought a new windows 8 PC in the united states last week and so far it has connected fine to every network i've wanted to connect to (hotels, airports, etc). now that i've come back home (in europe), i can't connect to my dorm's wireless network.
i'm pretty sure it's not the password being wrong or having changed, as i have typed the password several times to make sure it was correct and moreover, my phone connected automatically without a problem with the same password. the network has a couple of bars of connectivity, which is what i usually connected with in my old PC (it ran on windows 7) and it never had a problem that couldn't be solved with the troubleshooter. i tried running the troubleshooter this time but it simply tells me the problem is that i'm not connected to a wireless network (which is completely unhelpful as that's the very thing i'm trying to do). the only thing windows 8 tells me when i try to connect is "could not connect to this network" so i'm not sure where the problem might be.
i can't actually manage/tinker with the router itself as i'm on a dorm. any help is appreciated.
i'm pretty sure it's not the password being wrong or having changed, as i have typed the password several times to make sure it was correct and moreover, my phone connected automatically without a problem with the same password. the network has a couple of bars of connectivity, which is what i usually connected with in my old PC (it ran on windows 7) and it never had a problem that couldn't be solved with the troubleshooter. i tried running the troubleshooter this time but it simply tells me the problem is that i'm not connected to a wireless network (which is completely unhelpful as that's the very thing i'm trying to do). the only thing windows 8 tells me when i try to connect is "could not connect to this network" so i'm not sure where the problem might be.
i can't actually manage/tinker with the router itself as i'm on a dorm. any help is appreciated.
