Ok, so this all started when my PC didn't want to react. The mouse still moved but it was bugged and I couldn't fix it, so I turned it off via the switch on the PSU. Next time I turned it on it said my ethernet adapter had hardware or software related problems. I fixed it by downloading the complete driver pack from intel's website (From a separate laptop, on a USB drive), and making windows install those drivers through the device manager. Everything works fine.
So where's the problem? Each time I turn it on Windows seems to install the corrupt old drivers? Because I get a red x on my ethernet, then I troubleshoot and it fixes automatically. Once I had to reinstall the drivers the same way I used to fix it, except I first uninstalled the old ones (This was after a windows update, so windows must have installed some non working corrupt Windows files in the update). And yeah, It fixes itself but the fact that I have to go do the troubleshoot every time is starting to get me a bit nervous.
Is there anything I can do for this not to happen again? It's simple but this shouldn't be happening. Computer is a Dell Optiplex 7010 which was upgraded with way better hardware (GPU, SSD, AND PSU). Ethernet adapter is called "Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection". Thanks for the help.
So where's the problem? Each time I turn it on Windows seems to install the corrupt old drivers? Because I get a red x on my ethernet, then I troubleshoot and it fixes automatically. Once I had to reinstall the drivers the same way I used to fix it, except I first uninstalled the old ones (This was after a windows update, so windows must have installed some non working corrupt Windows files in the update). And yeah, It fixes itself but the fact that I have to go do the troubleshoot every time is starting to get me a bit nervous.
Is there anything I can do for this not to happen again? It's simple but this shouldn't be happening. Computer is a Dell Optiplex 7010 which was upgraded with way better hardware (GPU, SSD, AND PSU). Ethernet adapter is called "Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection". Thanks for the help.
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