Question Windows 10 Pro no longer sees my ethernet controller

DrunkDrew

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I am having an issue and I found this post with the exact same issue as me, but unresolved. https://old.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...denly_my_pc_stopped_recognizing_the_ethernet/

I copy/pasted their text.

>So, I'm stuck with this problem for many hours now. I wouldn't ask for your help if it wasn't something that I don't know what else to do, I don't like to waste another person's time. So let's go.

>Today I turned on my computer and my internet wasn't working. I did the basic troubleshooting and nothing happened. Then I realized something frightening. My ethernet cable wasn't being recognized.

>I tried to boot up as linux and my internet worked. So it's certainly not a hardware problem.

>Naturally, I opened my device manager to see if anything was going on and I saw nothing under network adapters. My network adapter was under other devices with ethernet control as its name. I opened it and it said that I needed to update the drivers of it.

>After searching it on the internet I found it and I tried to install it. I couldn't, as I received the message that the configuration registry database is corrupted. Then I tried installing in another way and I received "the realtek network controller was not found. If deep sleep is enabled please plug the cable.

>So what the hell I do?? Cry?? Keep in mind that I already tried many solutions, for example:

> dism and sfc scan.

>started on safe mode

>removed my ram for 1 hour than put it back on

>loaded default settings on bios and enabled on board lan

>reseted my network

>Thank you for your time.


Point for point, this is the same thing that's happening. In addition, I ran the All in one Windows Repair Tool from Bleepingcomputer and didn't fix it.

Any ideas?

This is my media server and I'm unable to watch anything. Specs are

ASUSTek M5A78L-M XL PLUS (AM3R2) MOBO

AMD FX3600

Nvidia 1060
 
I am having an issue and I found this post with the exact same issue as me, but unresolved. https://old.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...denly_my_pc_stopped_recognizing_the_ethernet/

I copy/pasted their text.

>So, I'm stuck with this problem for many hours now. I wouldn't ask for your help if it wasn't something that I don't know what else to do, I don't like to waste another person's time. So let's go.

>Today I turned on my computer and my internet wasn't working. I did the basic troubleshooting and nothing happened. Then I realized something frightening. My ethernet cable wasn't being recognized.

>I tried to boot up as linux and my internet worked. So it's certainly not a hardware problem.

>Naturally, I opened my device manager to see if anything was going on and I saw nothing under network adapters. My network adapter was under other devices with ethernet control as its name. I opened it and it said that I needed to update the drivers of it.

>After searching it on the internet I found it and I tried to install it. I couldn't, as I received the message that the configuration registry database is corrupted. Then I tried installing in another way and I received "the realtek network controller was not found. If deep sleep is enabled please plug the cable.

>So what the hell I do?? Cry?? Keep in mind that I already tried many solutions, for example:

> dism and sfc scan.

>started on safe mode

>removed my ram for 1 hour than put it back on

>loaded default settings on bios and enabled on board lan

>reseted my network

>Thank you for your time.


Point for point, this is the same thing that's happening. In addition, I ran the All in one Windows Repair Tool from Bleepingcomputer and didn't fix it.

Any ideas?

This is my media server and I'm unable to watch anything. Specs are

ASUSTek M5A78L-M XL PLUS (AM3R2) MOBO

AMD FX3600

Nvidia 1060
Chipset driver???
 
So not only is it not finding my Ethernet controller, but no drivers can be installed. USB to Ethernet adapter cannot be used because of the driver issue. Same with the wireless adapter.

I used my main PC to download a Windows ISO with the same version and run an offline DISM repair. It completed but I'm still getting registry database is corrupt