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Laptop was working fine then it just stopped connecting online.  It says it is connected to our WIFI. We are running Microsoft Edge but Chrome doesn’t work either.  Every website we try (Yahoo, Google) it keeps saying page not found. Other devices are running fine on the WIFI like out Ipads and our sons Laptop but this Laptop wont connect for some reason

If there is intermittent network connectivity, then the driver for your Network Interface Card may need to be updated. Please try the following:

  1. Open Device Manager by typing devmgmt.msc in the Search box on your Taskbar and hitting Enter. The Device Manager utility window should appear.
  2. Double-click the Network adapters entry on the list in Device Manager.
  3. Right-click the name of your computer’s network adapter (for example, Realtek RTL8723BE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter) and select Update driver from the pop-up menu.
  4. Select the option for Windows to automatically search the Internet from the correct driver update. Windows should find and install the latest network driver for your system.

I’ve sometimes been succesfull by downloading the latest driver and then completely uninstalling the current driver. Running something like Ccleaner or AdvancedSystemCare helps to remove any ‘debris’. SHUTDOWN laptop and re-boot then install downloaded driver. You never know until you try it.

This worked for me. I dont know if it was a fluke but my wifi is working now. Go to network settings. Right click on wifi adapter you want to use. Click on properties. Should say wifi properties , networking Now where it says connect using…whatever adapter you want to work ……click on configure. At the top click advanced. Scroll all the way to the bottom under property and click wireless mode. Hope it works for you. Like I said I dont know if it was a fluke.