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whitty
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:31 am
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Location: Texas
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 Random loss of internet & other problems Running 64-Bit Win7 Ultimate.
I switch users/lock and go away for a bit, I get back on my machine, and I have no internet.
My router/modem work fine.
Skype signs off, torrents stop downloading, IE can't connect, Firefox can't connect, and I'm off my home network.
We have another computer on the network, and it works fine though.
Somewhat seemingly related issue: after this happens, I restart then start my computer normally. I boot from Win7, but it just hangs on the black loading screen that says "Starting Windows". I ran startup repair or whatever, but it couldn't find anything wrong. It seems to fix itself after a while, as I'm back on it now.
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| Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:17 pm |
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Kelas
Joined: Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:28 am
Posts: 978
Location: Texas
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems
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| Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:30 pm |
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whitty
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:31 am
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Location: Texas
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems This is the only problem I've had with Win7 and I've had it since what, September?
It started after WAU wanted to download a definition update for Windows Defender, and the 888Kb download keeps failing.
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| Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:50 pm |
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Daman
Joined: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:22 am
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems your NIC is dead buy a new one
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whitty
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:31 am
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Location: Texas
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems If it's "broken", how can I keep getting back on?
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Ophanim
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am
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Location: Trapped in UCP. Send help.
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems Well if anything is wrong how can you keep getting back on????? Obviously there is no problem because it works half the time. Thread over.
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| Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:56 pm |
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whitty
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:31 am
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Location: Texas
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems It if only works part of the time then something is obviously wrong.
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| Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:02 pm |
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Ophanim
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am
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Location: Trapped in UCP. Send help.
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems Yes, with your NIC. Go buy a new one.
Also why did you quote broken a few posts if nobody in the topic had said the word broken yet?
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| Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:54 pm |
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whitty
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:31 am
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Location: Texas
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems Still getting failed page loading.
I'm shown as connected to the internet and can still access other computers on the network, but still loose my interwebs.
Also, this only happened once, but about half the loaded pages would fail. This was before the new NIC.
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ProjektTHOR
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems Buy a new NIC or stop talking to us.
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| Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:41 pm |
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whitty
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:31 am
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Location: Texas
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems I did.
Gives me bitching fast internet, too.
Still loosing my connection though.
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| Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:46 pm |
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PhantomAGN
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:40 am
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Location: Deep below The Map of Mars
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems Wired or wireless connection?
On my two windows-compatible boxes, Vista just flat out forgets how to talk to the wireless network. I usually just go hit the button for "get new IP address," enter administration password, and it resolves.
I still do not know why it does this, and no longer care, I stopped booting vista entirely when Ubuntu 9.1 came out, and I just use the windows partition to make WINE work for gaming.
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| Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:18 am |
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robolee
Joined: Fri May 11, 2007 4:30 pm
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Location: England
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems when I leave windows 7 for a couple of hours it goes into sleep mode, when I wake it up I will have no internet connection so I right click on the internet connections symbol on the taskbar and click troubleshoot and it resets the connections and then works just fine. if your computer is in sleep mode when this is happening then it's supposed to happen, saves power consumption.
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| Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:36 am |
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411570N3
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:26 am
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Location: That quaint little British colony down south
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems Goto My Computer
Right click My Computer
Select Properties
Select Hardware
Press Device Manager
Goto your network adapter
Right Click
Select Properties
Select Power Management
Untick 'Allow computer to turn off this device to save power'
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| Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:21 am |
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ProjektTHOR
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Re: Random loss of internet & other problems ACPI is great, you should not disable it. Figure out why ACPI and power management is disabling your network card. You might have more luck playing around with your NIC settings.
Willing to bet that its a configuration issue with the NIC, not with how W7 manages ACPI.
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