Can Win 8.1 make a "Smart TV" dumb?

strollin wrote:
To answer your question, it was a coincidence. Merely installing Win 8.1 should not have had any effect on your Smart TV and it's ability to access it's "Smart" functions.

Hmm.. I thought the "Smart" functions of a "smart" TV is the additional capability to access "streaming" Internet programs and movies from Amazon and other pay streaming sources..

If I read the OP correctly, when they are TRYING to access the streaming features they are getting a Network interference message.

Seems to me that would conclude that there IS some possibility that Win8.1 may have managed to grab a duplicate IP address from the router that the TV is using.

The router may be HOLDING the IP address of the PC and not releasing it.

Typically in most cases the workstations involved would pop up a message on the desktop of a duplicate IP in use.. When that happens ONE of the PCs IS DISABLED and cannot access any network resources.

A smart TV is nothing more than a "Linux" appliance hung on the network.. As such the messages it gives may not be as straight forward as say a Windows PC..

Network Interference message is most likely being caused by another device on the network having the same IP address (causing "Interference").. The problem is finding it and solving the conflict..

OP may need to open a command prompt (DOS box)on the PC and run IPconfig to see if it has the same IP as the TV..

Under IPconfig the OP can use "ipconfig /release" to release all IP connection info..

Then run "ipconfig /renew" to renew the PC adapter ip info..

To get all command switches you simply type ipconfig /?