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Lately my laptop has been dropping its Internet connection. I'll be going along fine then suddenly the little icon shows a yellow warning triangle and it says there is limited Internet access -- which is a lie because it really has no access. And if I try to either diagnose the problem or try to disconnect then reconnect to the wireless, the computer freezes.
So to get the connection back, I have to restart the computer.
Which leads into another problem. The computer never shuts down properly. It sits there saying it's shutting down for about 10 minutes and then a blue screen pops up that says "if this is the first time you've seen this, blah blah." Then it counts up to 100% and restarts. (If I hit shut down immediately after it comes up, then it shuts down properly, otherwise it'll do this crash screen again).
Once it comes back up, the Internet works fine for a while (haven't timed how long) before I lose it again.
So what's going on (and I know the main answer is "get a new laptop STAT.")
So to get the connection back, I have to restart the computer.
Which leads into another problem. The computer never shuts down properly. It sits there saying it's shutting down for about 10 minutes and then a blue screen pops up that says "if this is the first time you've seen this, blah blah." Then it counts up to 100% and restarts. (If I hit shut down immediately after it comes up, then it shuts down properly, otherwise it'll do this crash screen again).
Once it comes back up, the Internet works fine for a while (haven't timed how long) before I lose it again.
So what's going on (and I know the main answer is "get a new laptop STAT.")