Correction by rickyQ to the supplementary information.
The SSID's for the two w/l networks are intentionally different from each other - this means we can see which network we attach to from where in the house or garden building, but is otherwise probably unimportant. (It is the wi-fi passwords which are the same, but that cannot matter, can it.) It is however curious having explained that the PC which only works in safe mode (this PC) declares it is connected to the 120120 Network, despite the fact that the router is the 120120o2 router - it actually calls that the LAN, whilst the w/l it refers to as the 120120o2 which is relatively distant i.e. upstairs and only 2 or 3 bars of signal from here, so not that good. I am trying to snip this in to this post. All the machines do nevertheless achieve the full broadband speed to the ISP, which is about 6 - 8 MB/s over a poorish overhead phone line. Sorry, I could write for ever. 'Bye. Rick (rickyQ).
Thx Randy
Here's .nfo for PC in normal mode (no internet) and .nfo for PC in safe mode w networking (internet works ok).
I look forward to anything you see; I've also added a little commentary below, if you have time to read it.
Thanks.
rickyQ
P.S. When creating the sysinfo files the file save seems to complete but the msinfo program has to be made to close. My PC says it cannot read the files, but when I acknowledge that fact it then shows me the files, anyway.
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There are laptops for each family member, two PC's and multiple devices (phones, tv, music streamer, dvd player etc) all successfully going on the internet at our home. It's just the one in my study, the only one to be directly plugged into the ADSL router which will not go on!
I expect if you look at the file/s you might point out unusual operation, e.g. multi-home (I think it's called) where the cable router upstairs is now fed its broadband by a mains wired networking adaptor pair running a feed from the ADSL router downstairs and they have different ranges of IP address and are called 120120 and 120120o2 respectively and both broadcast the same SSID. (We discontinued cable months ago.) This is to allow my wife to pick up the broadband wireless down the garden building and me in the main house wired or wireless on the now problem PC, plus me wired upstairs and everone else, i.e. the kids and their friends, wireless.
So... all that is not working is the one PC, for the past year I think, after which I first joined the Forum. Continuity of broadband being crucial, I need to be careful I can reverse anything. A lot of people here and others we help rely on our getting info off and on the internet for them.
What I spotted before and again looking now is that the PC wired NIC has no default gateway, except in safe mode, but you might see looking back that I previously addressed this normal mode problem by re-plugging-in my wireless adaptor and then tried a USB NIC. Swapping the connection to these works for about a minute before the internet connection switches from Home to public and the network from 120120 or 120120o2 to unidentified, thereby losing the internet.
It's been gone for about a year, some months before that it also went for a while and when I did a system restore then, it said it had failed to restore but the internet was mended. So, I did a restore point with it working and although I can revert to that point, it did not mend the internet.
Yesterday I brought in many Windows updates, but didn't fix the lack of internet. Do you think one of the better registry repair tools such as ASC might be worth trying, again?
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