Windows 7 ethernet not working

Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Miscellaneous. Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 7 forum. Sign in to vote. My father's laptop encounters the EFE error Windows could not search for new updates when attempting Windows Update via a wireless network adaptor.

Windows Update via wireless internet appeared to have been working before I noticed this error. However , connecting the laptop via an ethernet cable to the same router that the wireless network adaptor is connected to works: the Windows Update is successful every time.

Although, there were no error messages pertaining to drivers, I reinstalled the driver to the wireless network adaptor with the same current version there is nothing to rollback to and I cannot find an earlier compatible version , but this does not resolve the problem.

I've rebooted the router, but this does not change things either. And, in case this adds anything useful, I have no problems with another wireless laptop on the same router, running Vista.

What should i do now??? I have this same issue. So I used my laptop to download the driver for windows 7 64 bit and installed it on my other computer the one with the issues.

And now my network icon at the bottom doesn't have an X and looks as though it is connected to the internet but when I try to use the internet it doesn't work at all. Skype is the only thing that connects. Not even Internet Explorer connects. Any new options? Daniel Potyrala. Hi, Install chipset drivers first. You can find them here. After installation reboot Your system and try to install lan drivers again. Windows Client.

Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 10 Networking. Sign in to vote. I have a windows 10 and a windows 7 computer at home. Networking them together has failed miserably and I can find no help in the help file or on the web. Can someone advise me the simplest way to share a folder between the two computers please?

It really should be easy to do. Monday, August 29, PM. Best regards Please remember to mark the replies as an answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. Tuesday, August 30, AM. I created a homegroup on the win 10 machine. I tried also to add a homegroup on the win7 machine, which I did, but they could not see each other. There must be more to it than just adding a home group on each machine.

Are they public shares? Malware and firewall, both turned off. They're shares Hi Boristhecat, You don't "add" a homegroup on each machine.

I make a homegroup on wind 10 machine, I can't see it on win 7 machine. I give up. Thanks for your time everyone. Edited by sacentre Monday, October 23, AM. Monday, October 23, AM. Friday, June 8, PM. I am having the same frustration. Can not connect 10 with a 7 computer. Any one can help? Thursday, July 19, PM. Visibility should be on as the sharing file option. For the criptography I use the standard one.

For the password settings I use "let windows manage the connection" NB: both PC have to be on "private" internet connection Once you do this, get to the folder you want to share, right click, sharing, advanced sharing, "everyone" and give all the permissions.

If it is a desktop type computer, very few come that way. You can install such a thing. There are no networks showing up to connect to, so I can't attempt to connect to any wireless network at all.

When I try setting up a network, the only option it gives me is to use an ethernet cord to connect my router directly to my computer. The troubleshooter message tells me that the ethernet connecting the router to the computer is broken. This is because I have no cord connecting one to the other. There was an issue with the Microsoft Teredo tunneling adapter in device manager but I fixed it in regedit. It doesn't look like there are any other issues with other network adapters.

I have been able to connect wirelessly to networks before, so I'm pretty sure I have a wireless network adapter. The network adapter troubleshooter just tells me to plug an ethernet cord into the computer and router again for "Local Area Network" connection.

I used both the manual and wizard ways to reset the Internet Protocol but nothing happened. The same issues exist. By the way, the map for network connections shows the computer going directly to the internet with an X through the connection obviously. When I click "See full map", all it says is "The adapter is not connected". I'm almost positive that the network adapter is built into the computer.

Here is a Screen cap of the device manager with all the hidden network adapters shown. Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another. Any content of an adult theme or inappropriate to a community web site.