Windows 10: Multiple apps especially microsoft related ones say "Can't connect to the network" despite...

Ever since a couple weeks ago different apps have been showing me the same network connectivity issues. A few that I've noticed is: Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Store, Phone Link, Settings, Onenote, Spotify, Discord. They don't connect to the internet despite me having wifi connection, no matter where this wifi connection is. Opera and Chrome still work as browsers, but for some reason beyond google search any website on Microsoft edge opens up like this: Other apps mentioned as wellhone link only occasionally connects to my phone now, and OneNote doesn't sync to the server anymore since very r

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Multiple network/dsl connections??

You could connect to multiple networks and use each network for a seperate task, though there would be a fair bit of setup involved.... but it would pay off (my prototypign box is setup on 3 networks *Smile

 

Laptop apps (Settings, Etc) say not connected to network or internet but browser connects to home network and internet

Thanks for the response, Greg.

I re-registered apps per your suggestion.

Didn't fix problem.

The problem seems related to built-in system apps --I.E Settings, Network and Internet Settings, Windows Updates, List of available wifi networks, etc.

None of those apps recognize my connection to LAN network and internet connection.

However, the list of available wifi networks does show I'm connected to my home wifi connection, but says no internet connection.

I can't perform any Settings functions or anything which requires internet connection because the built-in app thinks it's not connected to internet.

But, my Firefox browser has full internet and LAN connection and abilities.

I appreciate any thing you can recommend.

Also note I keep getting a "notification" that my Microsoft account needs attention. It directs me to Shared Experiences" to fix the problem. I try to fix from there but it fails due to "No internet connection"

I have checked my Microsoft account via browser access and finf no highlighted problem in my account.

Regards,

Richard

 

Network Sharing Centre says Not connected, but PC has internet access?


I have a Win10 Pro machine upgraded from Win7 Ultimate. All was well with Win10 until the network and sharing centre stopped believing I was connected to the internet, despite being able to connect just fine. That is, the "View your active networks" just says "You are not currently connected to any networks", but my ethernet adapter settings say I'm connected, and indeed I am.

For a while, this was "OK" because seems to have been operating as a Public network, but now it's completely gone and I cannot get network shares to work at all. This is now causing hassle!

I have tried:

• Disabling the adapter and Enabling again.
• Uninstalling the adapter and reinstalling it, with a reboot.
• Tried all the network troubleshooters, multiple times. They all report 'couldn't identify the problem'.
• Running "netsh winsock reset", and also "netsh interface ipv4 reset", "netsh interface ipv6 reset", with reboot
• Reinstalling the adapter from the latest Intel i218-V driver (was using 2015 MS driver), with reboot.
• Restarting multiple services, such as the Network List service.
• Running the intel adapter selftest suite: no issues found.
• Resetting some services to be "Automatic" start from Manual.
• Removing a bunch of registry keys in the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Network tree and forcing their regeneration by reinstalling the ethernet adapter driver again.

My only hint of success is that when I reinstalled the adapter driver, for a second or so the view active networks did change to suggest it was looking for a location, but then very quickly reset back to 'not connected'.

I'm getting a bit desperate....

Is this a real bug in Win10 or is there some config setting that can be changed or reset?

If (and I really don't want to, because it will invalidate at least one software license) I had to reinstall Windows, how would I do so given that I only have old Win7 install media?

Do MS have any useful support service these days?