Fix: Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration on Windows

Windows Networking
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This issue can easily be fixed by going to the power button and choosing the “RESTART” option to restart windows.
Windows 10 has something call “fast startup” this feature means that when you shut down windows 10 it puts windows to sleep and then switches the computer off, instead of completely shutting off windows.

By using the restart option it will actually shut windows down properly.
I don’t know how many clients I’ve had with network and internet problems in Windows 10 but usually this method fixes it.

To see how long your Windows has been running.

  1. Hold the Windows logo key on the keyboard and press R key.
  2. Type taskmgr in the run box and press OK.
  3. Click on the “More details” or “More Information”
  4. Click on the “Performance tab”
  5. at the bottom of the performance tab it will say UPTIME. with a number
  6. The update is in a format XX:XX:XX:XX (Days:Hours:Minutes:Seconds)
    If it shows that you have been running for XX amount of days then you are a victim of the Fast Startup issue.

I recommend disabling the “Fast Startup” option.

Hope this helps
Cheers.

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It will automatically pick up. Just follow it.

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followed advice about NIC settings, and restarted , that did it. Fran

64

My other devices are accessing the net just fine, only my desktop won’t. I tried shutting down router, modem and PC but that didn’t work. My windows system says my Network Adapter `is working properly’. I’ve jotted down the details of my Driver, but i am too afraid to go thru with the uninstall/reinstall process without further assistance. I wish I could use the Reimage Plus Software you noted, but how am I supposed to do that if I cannot access the internet?

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How can I download any of these fixes you provide a link for if I cannot access the internet?

66

As a consumer I should never have to deal with this.

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This method did not work for me. What else can I do?