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Chie115
Aug 09, 2026Aspirant
No WiFI With New Computer
This is complex, so I will keep it as short as I can. It started with my Dell XPS60 returning from an overnight repair. I used a Macrium Restore entry to restore the computer with a known backup. Per...
Chie115
Aug 11, 2026Aspirant
My tech made me aware of this possibility before I told him to proceed.
I know know that it not the router.My wife had taken enough of the classroom supplies to school that I could put her computer. I connected everything turned it on, was immediately conneiscted to wifi though the router. It is perhaps forty feet from the router, so speed tests were very slow, but the router itself is fine.
I had a lengthy remote session with Dell, during which the technician found and fixed a number of problems that were quite possibly caused by the unusual Macrium restore process. He was even able to create a wifi entry to use with the router, but until i find how to keep ProtonVPN from taking one of the two slots in Windows/Network & Internet, I still o not have a proper wifi feed.