(Round 8:) Win7 "Not connected, No connections are available"

Hi

going to answer this in bits and pieces

first off
please download/install via usb a browser off your choice this will get you on-line
IE8 is long gone, and once you have your browser installed TURN it OFF(uncheck in Features)
Please turn OFF windows updates for the moment

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Part2

once on-line and with Windows updates still OFF ..(you only have 2 atm)
download/run Simplex, it will install about 60 updates takes a little while and a couple of reboots but a lot quicker than MS
i downloaded from Majorgeeks
Just a moment...

re an AV as i said MSE is OK, install it
note update it from its dashboard numerous probs lately with people getting failures if trying to update via windows update

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part 3

the validation report is showing a number of errors, the key being reported appears valid, System Builder, it is likely not being accepted because of IE8, once a newer browser is installed it should pass the checks and set your system as genuine
The Rearm count is nothing to worry about, 3 is standard.. means you get upto another 90 days of grace before the system becomes non-genuine
As a matter of interest if that comp came with W7 there should be a COA certificate on the side of it somewhere, thats a Back-up key, is it for Pro

Thank you for this. I just booted Win7 just to poke around, so I turned off Windows update. I’m booting Win10 now and will be working on your directions.

I really don’t know much about alternative browsers. Years ago I tried Firefox — too complicated and opaque. I have a zillion Favorites and I do like how Edge allows me to organize and access those, as well as being able to save new favorites in the proper spot of my saved favorites. Are you aware of any browser that comes close to Edge’s Favorites organizational capabilities?

I’m big on privacy and for a while have been considering installing the browser from DuckDuckGo; I usually use their search engine….. I will check to see if that is compatible with Win7.

I do not understand what “AV” is that you’ve mentioned a couple of times…. and I’m not sure what MS Security Essentials is and its use. Anyway, you’ve given me things to do that will keep me busy for awhile. Thanks again.

you still have a few problem drivers Intel and your printer, can see no trace of USB3 drivers, for these use the link in SIW2 post
i highly recommend using SnappyDrivers light to update your drivers
in your specs your quoting a Radeon graphics card cannot see any related drivers for it
(does it show in your W10 set-up??

AV = Anti-Virus, thats what MSE is... did i notice a comment re Bitdefender free thats still has W7 support


browsers
there is a Edge browser for 7, but no longer supported, i use OperaGX, has Duckduckgo as a search engine

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CORRECT download page for this comp.... hehe has the graphics card driver

HP Pavilion HPE h8-1287c Desktop PC Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Support

Thanks. The printer works OK for simple printing (e.g., docs). (There is an installed driver for the OfficeJet Pro printer within "Portable Devices.") When I finally get an internet connection, I'll be able to download the entire ensemble for this printer and it will have everything I need to print, scan, manage the printer, diagnose problems, etc. as well as the drivers. I'm going to wait for now.

I really can't run anything without a connection. I downloaded both Edge (for Win7) and Opera. The Edge I downloaded and installed turned out to be just a gateway to Microsoft to actually download the browser. The Opera browser was installed all at once. The neat thing is that I *COULD* get out into the web - pretty normal. So, I was hoping that maybe the Opera installation tweaked something in my computer and maybe IE8 would work or Win7 activation. No-go, nothing worked--just like always--nothing had really changed; same error code (re: security problem) with activation attempts.

I noticed that in my Network settings. that I have IPv4 connectivity, but not IPv6. I don't know if this has anything to do with not being able to access the internet. I'll have to go into my router's settings and see what I can see. I'm going to go into my Win10 network settings and do some comparative examination.

It would have been nice to let HP examine my drivers and tell me which ones I needed, but... no internet connection. So, I downloaded and saved all available drivers to my external HDD. I'll figure out which ones to install and do that manually. I went through the entire Win7 device manager listing and noted which devices did not have a driver installed.

That's all for now. That's a very curious thing about Opera getting through to the web while nothing else can.

Yes, the AMD Radeon HD 7450 driver is what is installed on my Win10 system.

As I mentioned, I downloaded all of the available drivers on the HP support site for this specific computer. I (tried to) installed them this morning. I was going to let HP scan my devices/drivers and select/install the ones that were needed, but I needed to install a .NET Framework v4.0. I looked this up. The v4.0 is the oldest version and not supported, but I guess it would still work if that's what HP needs. I think I have v3.5 installed, but I'm jumping around so much that my head is swimming!

As I mentioned, I saved everything under my "User" folder in Win10 to my external HDD. When I was in Win7 device manager, I tried to have it find (via driver update/install) my drivers on the HDD but every attempt resulted in it not finding any driver, no matter which device I was addressing. I am going to try that again.

I'm pretty sure the Snappy Driver Installer will not work since I don't have an internet connection, but I'll try. I did not see any .exe file within the downloaded program. Which of these applications is best? ---> SDI Auto, SDI R2503, SDI x64 R2503 (last one seems likely).

Anyway, after updating most/all drivers that HP offered, it did nothing to allow internet access; still a no-go with IE8 connecting with the web. I have to make this a priority so that I can activate Win7. I'm still looking, comparing, etc.

Of course, I appreciate everyone who contributed to my thread, but torchwood -- you're the man! Thank you so much! You have been very patient with me.

Here's what I did, how I now stand: I opened Opera (and left it open throughout) and using that I downloaded and ran the Simplix UpdatePack 7 25.3.12 -- that utility is simply amazing. It installed 34 updates, including IE11. I tried repeatedly to run that HP driver check thing they have -- no-go, even with .NET Framework installed. Somewhere, somehow, I was offered the download of (the unsupported) MS Edge and of course I did this; it's what I'm familiar with; no problem installing that. The next big test was to see if I could activate my copy of Win7 Pro -- and it activated successfully!

I can't say why I could not get on the web (except via Opera) before. One of those new driver installations must have fixed something. Maybe the .NET Framework, but I don't think so (???).

I'll mark this thread as solved and then go over to BSOD and close that out, too. (I'm not seeing any sort of "Solved" button....)

I have a lot of stuff to install, and data to move to my new HDD, and if it doesn't go well, I'll be back. Well, I have an email client question/seeking recommendation -will post elsewhere.

Thanks again.

@slim003

lets try and get your hardware upto date now..... Snappydrivers
Dont forget your anti-virus, you currenly have Windows Defender(really old and depracted
You mentioned Bitdefender, its quite light but they will nag you to upgrade
or you can install Microsoft Security Essentials

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