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Laptop won't connect to internet at all.
Hey all, joined this forum hoping to get some help.
I have a Lenevo G770 Laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, and it's worked well since I've gotten it, however a few months ago something happened.
I came home to find the laptop died after the charger was unplugged as it slept, no big deal so I go to start it up, and I'm getting the "Starting Windows" loop. I've dealt with this before and got past it easily, but I go on to find I can't connect to the internet. I try the usual fix (using the following DNS server and putting in 8.8.8.8. and 8.8.4.4.) but that didn't work, so I reset it.
I log back on to see it is now saying my copy of windows isn't genuine (build 7601) and I still can't connect to the internet. I've tried various fixes but sadly nothing has worked. It won't even connect with an Ethernet cable.
Anything I can do? I don't want to lose this laptop, it works amazingly well for it's age and I can't stand Windows 10.
I should add that the icon on the task bar shows it with the yellow triangle, and when I click on it, it says I'm connect to the wifi, but at the stop says Identifying... (wifi name) and no internet access. I mostly want the internet issue fixed first but if you can figure out why my original copy of windows is no longer genuine that'd be nice too.