F8 goes away forever when WIN10 upgraded from 7. F8 ONLY applies to WIN7. Factory install is destroyed by the upgrade. WIN7 does not have native network drivers. If it worked before and doesn't now that's malware requiring scorched earth wipe everything re install.
Can you connect to your home network? If not, set up your network on the win 7 computer. Open Network and Sharing Center and use the Troubleshooter. Maybe the network card needs a win 7 driver reinstalled. FYI that model should not be updated to windows 10 since there are no win 10 drivers for the 10 yr old hardware. So it is a good idea to stick with win 7.
Mary, I cannot connect. However, since I posted my question I have found the repair disc that I made when I bought the computer. As I have made regular backups of all my files and folders, both on a separate hard disc and in cloud, perhaps I should use f12 in startup and boot from the repair disc??
MaryG, thanks for your reply. I found a repair disc and a system image so I used them and have reverted to W 7. Everything working well now. Sorry to trouble you.
speedstep
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F8 goes away forever when WIN10 upgraded from 7. F8 ONLY applies to WIN7. Factory install is destroyed by the upgrade. WIN7 does not have native network drivers. If it worked before and doesn't now that's malware requiring scorched earth wipe everything re install.
Mary G
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July 1st, 2016 13:00
Can you connect to your home network? If not, set up your network on the win 7 computer. Open Network and Sharing Center and use the Troubleshooter. Maybe the network card needs a win 7 driver reinstalled. FYI that model should not be updated to windows 10 since there are no win 10 drivers for the 10 yr old hardware. So it is a good idea to stick with win 7.
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July 1st, 2016 17:00
Have you tried F8 for Safe Mode? Select Safe Mode+Networking. assuming F8 works.
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Mary, I cannot connect. However, since I posted my question I have found the repair disc that I made when I bought the computer. As I have made regular backups of all my files and folders, both on a separate hard disc and in cloud, perhaps I should use f12 in startup and boot from the repair disc??
Big Fella 3006
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July 2nd, 2016 03:00
See my first post. f8 is not available to me!
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July 3rd, 2016 10:00
MaryG, thanks for your reply. I found a repair disc and a system image so I used them and have reverted to W 7. Everything working well now. Sorry to trouble you.