What is the make and model number of the laptop? – MSI GP70 2PE
What does Device Manager look like? - FINE
Any yellow marks? - NO
Expand Network Adapters, are they both clean, no yellow or red marks? NO YELLOW OR RED MARKS
Did this ever work? – YES
What did you do before this started happening? – THE LAST TIME IT WORKED WITHOUT PROBLEMS WAS THURSDAY, BOOTED IT UP ON FRIDAY AND IT IS OPERATING AS EXPECTED APART FROM IT WONT CONNECT WITH THE INTERNET
Did you reinstall Windows 10 or have you just upgraded to Windows 10 from 7, 8 or 8.1? – UPGRADED FROM THE 8.1 UP TO THE FREE VERSION OF WINDOWS 10
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MSILaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A0-88-69-70-8E-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 44-8A-5B-44-29-8A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2a02:c7d:dc06:8400:303a:d746:f672:eda7(Preferred)
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : fd4e:40d0:2296:0:303a:d746:f672:eda7(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2a02:c7d:dc06:8400:f4f1:f3d0:e827:965f(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : fd4e:40d0:2296:0:f4f1:f3d0:e827:965f(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::303a:d746:f672:eda7%4(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.237.167(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::7e4c:a5ff:fe82:b8c%4
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 121932379
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-DE-41-F0-44-8A-5B-44-29-8A
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A0-88-69-70-8E-EC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2a02:c7d:dc06:8400:f5b4:9e12:bda2:2026(Preferred)
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : fd4e:40d0:2296:0:f5b4:9e12:bda2:2026(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2a02:c7d:dc06:8400:5909:8436:e98:6463(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : fd4e:40d0:2296:0:ac20:3805:f7d0:b7db(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f5b4:9e12:bda2:2026%18(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.32.38(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::7e4c:a5ff:fe82:b8c%18
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 312510569
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-DE-41-F0-44-8A-5B-44-29-8A
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ping request could not find host yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again.
AutoConfigProxy REG_SZ wininet.dll
MigrateProxy REG_DWORD 0x1
ProxyEnable REG_DWORD 0x0
ProxyHttp1.1 REG_DWORD 0x1
ProxyOverride REG_SZ *.local
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I tried various suggestions from different posters/experts on the internet among them the ipconfig /release suggestion using the command prompt (admin).
This is what came up:
Windows IP Configuration
No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection 12 while it has its media disconnected.
An error occurred while releasing interface Ethernet : An address has not yet been associated with the network endpoint.
An error occurred while releasing interface Wi-Fi : An address has not yet been associated with the network endpoint.