nigsy

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Happy Birthday; hope you have a good one!

Long time member and contributor....Happy birthday buddy; hope you have a good one!!

Happy birthday matey; have a good one!

Are you able to set up a mobile phone hotspot and see if the desktop connects to it? That may pin point the issue to either the desktop or the router (IE a MAC address filter?)

Driver update?

Sounds like you've tried all I would suggest; just to confirm you've also used netsh winsock reset (and restart) also netsh int ip reset (and restart).Just to rule things out have you uninstalled and reinstalled the network card / checked drivers? also

Happy birthday - Have a good day!!

Hi; Welcome back!! Things have slowed down on here over the last few years. Still have the regulars and lost a few more but we are still here to help where we can. N.

I thought the OP was referring to a full 'brand new setup' - Yep the whole Cortana thing; sitting for ages while the screen flashes 'Hi' in several colors is annoying!! - That's why I use Linux

You shouldn't need to! The only possible time is when it does a full OS upgrade; even then your old settings etc should remain; unless you have selected to do a clean install. Normal updates shouldn't require this.

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Still looks good!!