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piddyprints

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15. Might have been.

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #14)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 07:36 PM

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I absolutely hate Microsoft and only have a Windows computer for the game I like to play. I do all my serious work on my MacBook. (Apple support actually exists and is still good.) I messed with it all day long and now will have to keep an eye out to make sure my updates stay paused. My husband’s computer didn’t update, or he would have had the same problem.

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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