Network Troubleshooters
Windows 8 has a set of network repair tools called troubleshooters that are said (by Microsoft) to be capable of recognizing and diagnosing more than 100 network problems. We’re skeptical of claims like this; but, on the other hand, it takes only a few seconds to let these tools examine your network and offer whatever advice they can, so it’s absolutely worth a crack.
There are several different network troubleshooters, each dealing with different categories of problems. You have two ways of getting to them that look very different, but actually just run the same set of tools.
The quickest way to start them is to right-click the network icon at the right end of the taskbar and select Troubleshoot Problems. This runs some ...
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