Internet keeps dropping windows 7

Following on from the bad news in your other thread Where did my system restore points go? Are the faults that you mention, that you read about on the Internet, confined to just Nvidia NForce series 4 network controllers? What was the Patch that you thought might have solved the problem, do you have a KB number or link? These setup such as Itunes and Adobe with Internet ability that you also mention, are you installing those via the right-click "Run As Administrator" option?

One expensive option available to you is to swap your Nvidia card for another less troublesome brand, or try using Wireless in some way or means. At least you still have your workaround to fall back on. Hi Linney No problems don't seem to be just the nVidia nForce 4 but a lot of them are. There are many people posting on the Microsoft Windows 7 forum with this problem but no one solution. One thing seems to work for one person and something else of nothing for another.

As for the patch I just happened to open the see details while it was doing an automatic update and see that is said something about nVidea nForce Network Controllers but I didn't get the details.

My computer did work for a couple of days after that until I installed first Adobe Illustrator and then I-Tunes. After I used restore to go back to before the illustrator install it worked again. I haven't been able to get it to work an again with out a lot of fooling around with it since I installed I-Tunes even though I rolled back the that installation too.

I guess I'm not installing the software as administrator. I just put in the disk and run through the install the way I always have. The weird thing is that when I go to Device Manager and fool around with it I may have to do it 3 or 4 times before it takes.

Disabling, re-abling, updating driver, disabling etc. Eventually it decides to connect. It might be the last "thump" that does it.

I had a Wireless Network Card that had one of those small aerials at the rear which had come a bit loose. It would connect and not connect as the mood took it. Funny thing was that it would connect every time with the aerial removed, mind you it was only over a distance of a few feet. Anyway tightening up properly solved my problem. The moral of that story is check your hardware too. In another case, rats or non-computer mice had chewed along the edge of Network Cables, just enough to produce an intermittent fault.

At least with a dog it usually chews the cable and swallows it so it's easy to find. I have never had any problems with it at all. What I have discovered now it that when I can't get it to work, I can uninstall it in Device Manager, then reboot the computer. When it restarts it is forced to reinstall the Network Controller and the connection comes up live. Sometimes just disabling and reinabling it will do it but only in Device Manager not in the Network Sharing Center.

I'm about to give up on it and just wait for a fix to come along. Once I get it started it works until I shut it off or log out. Since I'm not the only one with the problem I assume that eventually it will get fixed. There has to be something that works in XP that doesn't work in 7 for some people.

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When she's not writing, she likes reading literary novels and poetry. To install Driver Easy Click. April Cai Last Updated: 4 months ago. Keine Sorge! Hier finden Sie 5 Methoden, um Ihre Internetverbindung zu retten. My router is a Thomson TG v7 from my internet provider Tiscali. I have tried a few online solutions including disabling bonjour from my itunes, disabling homegroup neither of which solved the problem. I'm wondering if there is a solution for this or weither a new router is needed to stabilise the connection again.

Sometimes routers need to be reset and configured again from scratch. Making sure things like DHCP is functioning and working properly on the network. Updated drivers for the devices such as the network-cards and wireless adapters. Routers also have updates called Firmware, updating your router Firmware does usually two things, improves security and improves performance and features fixes bugs. Hope this helps some. This happens regardless of whether the Windows 7 computer is on or not?

Vijay B. Hi Gary, Did you make any changes to the computer prior to the issue? How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Vijay B's post on March 3, The problem seems to happen most often whenever the computer wakes up for the sleep mode. Thank You. In reply to Gary's post on March 3,