FOLLOW UP Some advice, please. My friend rented a computer

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8. unlikely in the extreme

auto connect to a wifi requires an open wifi (no security) as well as the ability of Microsoft to autoselect a wifi connection. Not impossible, but unlikely.

You are probably getting online without the wifi account and password by not using wifi. Your phone and tablet likely both have cellular data and they automatically switch to that mode when they cannot to connect to wifi,

Call the cable company and ask them how the cable internet works and what the wifi station name is, the account, password, and security type (there are I think 4 choices ).