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Upgrade to Windows 10 removed internet access!

738 views 26 replies 9 participants last post by  hhuey5 
#1 ·
Guys i so need your help right now. I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 yesterday and can't connect to the internet. The local area connection icon is gone. When i try to reinstall the realtek lan driver for windows 8 as the 10 is not out yet it says no ethernet controller is found.

What should i do?

My motherboard is the asus p8z77 vlk by the way.
 
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Originally Posted by gavros777 View Post

Guys i so need your help right now. I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 yesterday and can't connect to the internet. The local area connection icon is gone. When i try to reinstall the realtek lan driver for windows 8 as the 10 is not out yet it says no ethernet controller is found.

What should i do?

My motherboard is the asus p8z77 vlk by the way.
Thats weird.

I tested win10 on my system, I had internet access, I've got a realtek as well.

Had you tried letting window install the driver?
 
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Originally Posted by HITTI View Post

Thats weird.

I tested win10 on my system, I had internet access, I've got a realtek as well.

Had you tried letting window install the driver?
I tried that and also getting newer drivers from the realtek website from another computer and still have no luck. I found articles online mentioning that in the latest windows 10 build some settings around the network adapter were disabled.
I'm still looking for a solution if i don't i'll roll back to win 7.
 
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Originally Posted by gavros777 View Post

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I tried that and also getting newer drivers from the realtek website from another computer and still have no luck. I found articles online mentioning that in the latest windows 10 build some settings around the network adapter were disabled.
I'm still looking for a solution if i don't i'll roll back to win 7.
Don't giveup.

Had you tried Win8 & win 8.1 drivers?

I am on not an upgrade but fresh install of win10x64.

If all fails, install win10 from scratch. Upgrades tends to screw stuff up.

I did an upgrade before, so much stuff was broken. From comodo free firewall to all kinds of crap.
 
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Originally Posted by HITTI View Post

Don't giveup.

Had you tried Win8 & win 8.1 drivers?

I am on not an upgrade but fresh install of win10x64.

If all fails, install win10 from scratch. Upgrades tends to screw stuff up.

I did an upgrade before, so much stuff was broken. From comodo free firewall to all kinds of crap.
Thanks for the encouragemnet!

I tried the win 8 drivers too but no luck. Tried to see if i can roll back to win 7 also and wasn't able to.
Now i'm trying to see if i can downgrade from the build 10061 to 10049 as i found people who had similar problems to mine with earlier versions and when they upgraded to 10049 it solved their problem. Me i'm downgrading to it lol. If that doesn't work my next step will be a clean install of win 10.
Man i so like windows 10 so far and can't believe a silly problem like this might cause me to go back to win 7 if the clean install of win 10 doesn't fix it.
 
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Originally Posted by gavros777 View Post

Thanks for the encouragemnet!

I tried the win 8 drivers too but no luck. Tried to see if i can roll back to win 7 also and wasn't able to.
Now i'm trying to see if i can downgrade from the build 10061 to 10049 as i found people who had similar problems to mine with earlier versions and when they upgraded to 10049 it solved their problem. Me i'm downgrading to it lol. If that doesn't work my next step will be a clean install of win 10.
Man i so like windows 10 so far and can't believe a silly problem like this might cause me to go back to win 7 if the clean install of win 10 doesn't fix it.
lol its funny what would deter you from something.

The alphabet titles under start menu for applications deterred me for a long time. I am trying to keep an open mind about windows10.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.
 
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Originally Posted by HITTI View Post

The alphabet titles under start menu for applications deterred me for a long time. I am trying to keep an open mind about windows10.
Indeed that annoys me so much hope its removable in the future i feel like i am using an os designed for todlers
 
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Indeed that annoys me so much hope its removable in the future i feel like i am using an os designed for todlers
so true. I felt insulted seeing this.
 
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Oh man i can't believe it! I downgraded to 10049 without keeping my files as i couldn't and now the internet works! Only thing i find not right is my hdd free space was 250gb and after the install is at 704gb but the hdd is a 1tb.
Next i'm going to do a clean install boot from usb or dvd for the newest build of win 10. So far i've found a way to have internet in win 10 and that's awesome!

Thanks everyone!

And by the way lesson learned, never upgrade only do clean installs!
 
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When installing the LAN driver did you also install the utility - I had a case recently where the wireless alone did not want to play unless it also had the utility.

As can be seen here they are 2 separate files for Win8.1 64Bit:

https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LK/HelpDesk_Download/

Realtek LAN Driver V8.19.726.2013 for Windows Win8.1 32bit & Win8.1 64bit---(WHQL).

Realtek Ethernet Utility V2.0.2.6 for Windows Win8.1 32bit & Win8.1 64bit.
 
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The only internet-related issues I had (This is my Dell latitude laptop) is I have to manually connect to my router wirelessly each time and before that the intel wireless management thing caused me to have no control over the ethernet port on the laptop. Most of my windows 10 issues are to do with sound. Microphone does not work and the drivers are installed. My Plantronics Gamecom 788 headset does not work on it either even that had the drivers installed. Webcam works, speakers work (50% of the time) and the HDMI sound works flawlessly.
 
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Originally Posted by Bold Eagle View Post

When installing the LAN driver did you also install the utility - I had a case recently where the wireless alone did not want to play unless it also had the utility.

As can be seen here they are 2 separate files for Win8.1 64Bit:

https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LK/HelpDesk_Download/

Realtek LAN Driver V8.19.726.2013 for Windows Win8.1 32bit & Win8.1 64bit---(WHQL).

Realtek Ethernet Utility V2.0.2.6 for Windows Win8.1 32bit & Win8.1 64bit.
Good catch, i definitely missed it! But when i did a clean install everything got fixed without installing any drives. Thanks for pointing that out, i'll be a lot more careful next time i download drivers.

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Originally Posted by NeoReaper View Post

The only internet-related issues I had (This is my Dell latitude laptop) is I have to manually connect to my router wirelessly each time and before that the intel wireless management thing caused me to have no control over the ethernet port on the laptop. Most of my windows 10 issues are to do with sound. Microphone does not work and the drivers are installed. My Plantronics Gamecom 788 headset does not work on it either even that had the drivers installed. Webcam works, speakers work (50% of the time) and the HDMI sound works flawlessly.
I have the same headset and funny thing it was set as the default option after i did a clean install of the latest win 10 build.
Now the bad thing is when i disabled the headset to make my speakers the default it disappeared from the list! In win 7 when i was disabling the headset it would remain in the list for me to re-enable it whenever i wish.
Oh and i disabled its microphone too by mistake and it disappeared from there too lol.

By the way i so enjoy win 10 right now. I hope windows defender protects my computer good until i find a good antivirus that works.

A quick question i have guys, every time microsoft releases a new build will i have to do a clean install?
That would be so painful!
 
#21 ·
im using malwarebyte pro with windows 10 and it seems to work ok i just use that with the built in windows defender
 
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Originally Posted by ozlay View Post

im using malwarebyte pro with windows 10 and it seems to work ok i just use that with the built in windows defender
Thanks for the recommendation. I was using kaspersky on windows 7 and i can say before that i couldn't survive 1 month without catching something.
Can't wait for it to become compatible with win 10 but until then i'll be using alternatives like the one you recommended.
 
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Originally Posted by ozlay View Post

im using malwarebyte pro with windows 10 and it seems to work ok i just use that with the built in windows defender
i have the same on win 8.1
i found out malware can come from chrome extensions
and malwarebyte didn't pick that up

went through the pain DR HOUSE routine to remove but it comes down to chrome extensions
 
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Originally Posted by hhuey5 View Post

i have the same on win 8.1
i found out malware can come from chrome extensions
and malwarebyte didn't pick that up

went through the pain DR HOUSE routine to remove but it comes down to chrome extensions
i read there are chrome extentions like avast online security, wot etc that suppose to protect you from websites etc, are they truly reliable?
 
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Originally Posted by gavros777 View Post

i read there are chrome extentions like avast online security, wot etc that suppose to protect you from websites etc, are they truly reliable?
never tried these anti-v as part of browsers
i did try something that blocks sites but its hap haz u have to add the site

sure would like to hear someones perspective
pity ms security didn't have an extension
 
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