Recent content by Redd42

I think I'm on the verge of giving up with the machine. Trying to do a clean install of windows and I can't even get it to recognize the disk is in the drive.

Okay, I see it. What am I looking for exactly?

Rebooting the modem when the problem occurs doesn't do anything; and my smart phone keeps it's connection fine right at that moment, so it's definitely specific to the machine. The desk top has no wireless connection so I can't see if it works wirelessly, only wired. Task manager also won't...

As an update, I ran the machine in Safe mode with Networking last night, left it on all night and it was still running fine when I checked it this morning. Not sure what that would suggest, exactly?

Tried rebooting the router, and the issue re-occurred several hours later. I have nothing else connected, so I can't verify if it's a network issue that would affect multiple machines.

For the last week or so, all my web browsers repeatedly hang. Sometimes after a few hours of use, sometimes much shorter. I usually use Firefox so suspected that may be the problem at first, but Chrome does the exact same thing. I've tried everything I can think of - making sure drivers are up...