Computer won’t connect to network or do anything I ask it

[fluron97]

So yesterday I was playing a game with some buddies of mine. Shortly after, I decided to tamper with some audio settings in the system settings to which I was told I needed to restart my pc.

After the restart I could no longer connect to the internet. I’m using Ethernet and my mobo doesn’t support WiFi. I can’t even reset my pc “there was a problem resetting your PC”. I have looked around the internet for hours on end to no avail. I have no idea where to go from here since it won’t even let me reset. Please help

Edit:

I have attempted to clear arpcache.
I have reinstalled most recent windows update.
I have checked every setting I could possibly find.
I have checked the Ethernet cord.
I have reset my internet many times.

 

[COLGeek]

Other than the audio setting changes, did you install or change anything else before this started happening?

 

[fluron97]

@COLGeek I checked what I had installed on that day and the only thing I had installed was a game and a windows update. Both of which I have already uninstalled (and reinstalled the update).

 

[COLGeek]

What game and from where did you get it?

 

[fluron97]

Resident Evil 7 and on Steam

 

[COLGeek]

You might want to revert to a previous Restore Point.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options

 

[fluron97]

It won’t let me. If I try to restore or even completely hard reset my pc, it just says that it has failed. It literally won’t allow me to do anything of the sort

 

[COLGeek]

What are the specs for this system? Are you overclocking anything? This could be a coincidental hardware failure.

 

[fluron97]

It’s older now but here:

i7700k
GTX 980
16gb ram
250 ssd
1tb hdd
I forgot the mobo name but I’m pretty sure it’s an older ASRock
And no, nothing is overclocked

 

[fluron97]

I found the answer:

So after trial and error, I eventually attempted restarting my pc and forcing it to troubleshoot from boot. This managed to make me able to force a reset on my pc.

 

[COLGeek]

Glad you sorted it out. By the way, how full are your storage devices? Also, do you have a backup in place for important files?

 

[fluron97]

Glad you sorted it out. By the way, how full are your storage devices? Also, do you have a backup in place for important files?

They were both about 90% full. They're both now at about 50% since I've re-downloaded some of the games and programs.

And yes, I have many backups. I keep the most important stuff on a USB stick. Thanks for the help, I'm just sad that it was such a simple solution the entire time haha

 

[COLGeek]

Having super full drives can cause restore point failure (as you experienced earlier). Just something to keep in mind.