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The ‘Pros from Dover did the fix’.

I capitulated and called in my go to local computer repair organization.

They took the box back to the shop and found a corrupted ‘stack’ somewhere that had turned off the ability to detect wireless connections.  They got the box at 10 AM and brought it back working at 2 PM – I was amazed.

OldGuyForum wrote:

WSmmi16 wrote:

Never saw that screen.

That should have displayed almost immediately after logging in.

Could be more going on than meets the eye…we’ll see.

I would roll back using a recent System Restore point, and run the reset again.

Failing that, I would move on to an in-place upgrade (AKA over-the top).

 

 

 

System is telling me I updated Windows more than 10 days ago and thus can’t roll back to the previous level.

OldGuyForum wrote:

So after reset ran, and the system rebooted, did you answer Yes to make it discoverable on the network?

 

 

Never saw that screen.

In checking I have made everything Discoverable according to the screen that addresses each aspect separately.

No Joy.  Running the troubleshooter for WiFi always ends with no joy.

OldGuyForum wrote:

OldGuyForum wrote:

To rule out your wireless NIC, try doing a Network Reset and see if there is any improvement… Settings > Network & Internet > Status > Network reset

Executed ‘Network Reset’

It turned both WiFi and Bluetooth off (have a Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse) too reverting to the prior mouse to get anything going.

Have the globe icon for internet.  Tried to select available networks – NOTHING

Ran the diagnostic routine and it reports ‘there might be a problem with the WiFi adapter’

Fortunately I have more than one computer and am able to make this post on my W10 laptop.

OldGuyForum wrote:

WSmmi16 wrote:

It seems that restarting the W 10 computer system gets things working .

To rule out your wireless NIC, try doing a Network Reset and see if there is any improvement…

Settings > Network & Internet > Status > Network reset

However, I suspect it’s interference, or channel saturation (everyone and their uncle on the same channel in your area).

To check your wireless signal in various locations of your residence (including where your Win 10 computer is), download a WiFi analyzer app.

It can tell you who is using what channels in your area, and your current signal strength.

 

The WiFi Analyser I have loaded to my phone, show one other T-Mobile internet customer in my residential area.

If I were in a Urban area with hundreds of apartments in the near area I can see difficulties in having sufficient bandwidth to satisfy all the demand.

The issues I am having are with my W10 computer – not any of the other devices that are connected to the WiFi.

At the times I have issues with my W10 computer on the net; my smart TV may be streaming something off the T-Mobile WiFi without a blip.  My 5G Samsung phone in the T-Mobile network doesn’t have any issues.

Could my wireless WiFi driver be having some issues.  The driver came with the computer when I purchased/upgraded to W10 close to a decade ago – exact dates are lost in the foggy mists of my gray matter.

9 months on from my last post – and the machine has been ‘chugging’ right along without complaint.

When I do my snowbird routine to Florida – I carry my two laptops – The Vista machine and a W10 machine.  The W10 machine doesn’t like to play nice with my Canon printer that stays in Florida year round, so whenever I had anything to do that requires printing it is done through the Vista machine.

I have no idea why it works as it does, but it is working.

Bluetooth worked for a couple of days and then failed again.  Took the phone to the store where I bought it and they couldn’t do anything with it either.  Ended up getting another phone.  That used up a afternoon moving data and apps and getting things working the way they should.

Additionally – all Bluetooth devices have to have their pairing ended and then restarted after Bluetooth is restarted.  If not, Bluetooth doesn’t see them.

After I shut down Bluetooth – THEN stopped the phone and then restarted the phone, with Bluetooth at that time STILL DOWN.  After the phone restarted successfully and when I started up Bluetooth – it then discovered the items that needed pairing.

Just Stopping and Starting Bluetooth with the phone operating did not do the trick.

Found the error of my ways –

Somehow the ‘System Sounds’ had been turned on in the ‘App Volume and Device Preferences’  portion of the System drop down menus.

The last Window Update that got applied to the machine must have done it, as I know I didn’t access that menu.

Windows 10 that was a upgrade from W8.1 that the machine was delivered with in 2014 or 15.

I haven’t changed any settings in the recent past and use Excel multiple times daily.

My wireless mouse got dirty and the thumb wheel would spasmodically move pages up and down.

Once I took it apart and throughly cleaned the sides of the thumb wheel on both sides and knocked all the other ‘crap’ that the mouse had accumulated over the past decade or so – it works much better.

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