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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1298988" data-attributes="member: 141969">I use 64-bit Windows 7 on my HTPC, and it can access the internet (although I access the internet only for installing newer versions of MP). However, as a famous man once said:Networking is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.Did you restore a working image of your "C:" drive, or did you install Windows 7 from the DVD?I changed from 32-bit Windows 7 to 64-bit Windows 7 when I obtained additional RAM, and after installing from the DVD, it is necessary manually to install various Windows updates. This is because Microsoft changed the Windows Updater several years ago, with the result that it can no longer update Windows 7 unless a manually-installed update is installed manually (!)Looking at my folder that contains updates for 64-bit Windows 7, I have the following KB updates which I presumably installed after installing from the DVD:[code]kb2843376   2013-07-09kb3020369   2015-05-11kb3125574   2016-05-16kb3172605   2016-09-12kb3205402   2017-06-10kb4474419   2019-09-09kb4490628   2019-03-11kb915597    2020-01-14[/code]I don't remember what the dates shown above represent, but possibly they are the dates when the update was issued or was itself most-recently updated. I would suggest installing these updates in the date order shown above (but there is no guarantee that this is the correct order). In total the updates come to about 800 MB. Obviously you will need to download them using a system other than the one that cannot access the internet.If you restored a previously-working Windows 7 image of your "C:" drive, but it can no longer access the internet, we are facing a more-difficult challenge <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. Some things to check:(1) Switch off your internet router, wait 5 minutes, then switch it on again. Wait another 5 minutes for it to stabilise.(2) Now reboot your HTPC. Is there now an internet connection?(3) Windows tries to be helpful by preventing network access if it thinks that you are trying to access a public network (such as in an internet cafe). So it is important that you define your network as a private network. There are three choices for network type: Home, Work, and Public. I always choose Work.(4) Next, how does Windows know where it is? It knows by looking for the gateway IP address that you defined in the setup for your networking adapter. So check that the gateway address defined there is the same as the IP address of your internet router.(5) If still no internet, open an command window using Run as Administrator, and type the following command:netsh.exe interface set interface "Local Area Connection" disabledI am assuming that your network connection is called Local Area Connection (which it is by default), and that you have only one of them. If you have more than one connection, you might need to suffix the name with " 2". Wait 60 seconds for the command to be actioned. Now type the following command:netsh.exe interface set interface "Local Area Connection" enabledIt is important to disable the connection first, before trying to enable it. Disabling the connection resets it, if it is in a strange state. Wait several minutes to see if the little icon in the System Tray changes to show that you now have an internet connection (or place the mouse pointer over the icon to see the status).-- from CyberSimian in the UKEdit: changed "800 GB" to the (correct) "800 MB".</blockquote>

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