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Laptop connection issues
I am hoping that someone has an answer to this, please speak in plain English as I am OLD and not a techie. Recently my daughters HP laptop connects to the house wifi but states connected - no in...
PoolBob wrote:
Recently my daughters HP laptop connects to the house wifi but states connected - no internet.
If this is a Windows PC, then it may be a local networking thing on the laptop.
Windows likes to protect people by blocking "suspicious" Internet connections. Have you tried running the network troubleshooter in Windows?
One thought is that you could tell Windows that you are on a "private network".
- Network and Internet settings
- Network Status
- Change Connection Properties
- Network Profile
- Private
I'm told that this is rubbish advice. But it has worked for me and others in the same boat. You have nothing to lose.