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Naio
Explorer II
Feb 13, 2015

Why does my network adapter have to be reset so often?

I'm running windows 7 starter. Most times, not every time, when I connect to a wifi network (say, at a campground), and then later I connect to my phone's hotspot, the computer connects to the hot...
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1492
Moderator
Feb 15, 2015
What happens when you do the following in WIN 7?

  • Hold down Windows Key+R and type CMD and click OK.
  • Type or copy and paste PING 127.0.0.1 and press your ENTER key.


Does it look like this?





Or are there other characters present? If so, your TCP/IP stack may be corrupt and should be reset by using netsh winsock reset at the Command Prompt. Needs to be run as administrator.

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