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walkingman

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1. Can you go to command prompt and "ping" a site successfully?

Reply to piddyprints (Original post)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 01:30 PM

Thursday

for example....ping google.com

Also see if it shows you are using a "proxy" - if so don't

You might also try changing your DNS settings to google's

The primary IPv4 addresses are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
The primary IPv6 addresses are 2001:4860:4860::8888 and 2001:4860:4860::8844.

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Help with WiFi and/or Windows Security [View all] piddyprints Thursday OP

Can you go to command prompt and "ping" a site successfully? walkingman Thursday #1

Times out. piddyprints Thursday #2

I edited to change from yahoo to google because yahoo has changed - try that and see walkingman Thursday #3

I can ping now. piddyprints Thursday #5

I would try disabling my firewall and antivirus app and see what happens walkingman Thursday #6

Ok, but I don't understand piddyprints Thursday #7

You could try going to command prompt and type..ipconfig /flushdns walkingman Thursday #8

Neither one of those things worked. piddyprints Thursday #9

Just for grins - try booting into safe mode with network and see what happens... walkingman Thursday #10

Thanks. I found the problem. piddyprints Thursday #12

Good for you...congratulations. Never give up!! ☮ walkingman Thursday #16

Take it back for a refund? Tetrachloride Thursday #4

You might also google the specific updates you received LearnedHand Thursday #11

Thanks. piddyprints Thursday #13

Well dang, but glad you found a fix LearnedHand Thursday #14

Might have been. piddyprints Thursday #15