I've had similar issues with internet connections moving a laptop back and forth from work to home. Found out it was an IP conflict to the router. I changed my home router address to 192.168.2.1. Most of them are default to 1.1. That fixed it for me.
So far from what I can tell, using the black down arrow at the right end of the address bar will only show me the recent locations I've TYPED IN on that line. But, in the left side of my Explorer window, on the left side top under FAVORITES there is a folder showing Recent Places. That...