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General Computer Support / Re: BSOD. Windows 10 wouldn't boot. Now my internet is painfully SLOW...

« on: August 23, 2019, 10:17:57 am »

I updated through the program, but this was before any problems started.
Laptop will not download anything now.
I tried customer support and they suggested that I uninstall the driver. It shows uninstall device, not uninstall driver. Wouldn't that terminate the connection I have now? I didn't do anything because I have doubts. It's a minor miracle that I'm able to post this with my laptop.
By the way, I'm getting the internet through my cell phone with a mobile hot spot. I can't afford cable. Also, I don't have an ethernet cable.

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General Computer Support / Re: BSOD. Windows 10 wouldn't boot. Now my internet is painfully SLOW...

« on: August 23, 2019, 07:02:14 am »

Ok, what I meant was I used Tweaking repair v.4.5.3 (Pro License v3)
I can't download v.4.5.4 because the download aborts with Error code 1 [Unknown error]
The wireless adapter is Realtek
Driver date is 12/4/18 and is the only driver listed. Version 2024.0.4.105
On the advanced tab there are a bunch of properties listed and the value is disabled. First property is 802.11d
I'm learning about all of this out of sheer desperation because I can't afford anything else. I had the money at the time and that's how I got this laptop; I threw the other one out and just started new. This time around- not so lucky. I read somewhere that the average lifespan of a computer/laptop is about 4 years, and that's how old this one is.

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General Computer Support / BSOD. Windows 10 wouldn't boot. Now my internet is painfully SLOW...

« on: August 23, 2019, 03:36:00 am »

I've had the same laptop for the last four years and never once had any major issues until now. It has Windows 10 and 3 weeks ago the internet slowed down. When I turned the laptop on the next day, I got the BSOD. The ASUS (laptop) logo would appear, then suddenly, it would quit. After 3 tries the automatic repair started, but it would still stop and not boot to Windows. From the advanced options, I tried the startup repair. It did it's thing for a while and finally booted to Windows. I ran SFC and it said it repaired corrupt system files. CHKDSK ran next. It took a long time, but finally, it finished.
Next, I ran Tweaking.com repair (I have version 3) and chose all repairs. Everything seems fine... except the internet is even slower. It takes forever to get to websites, and the download speed at it's slowest was 1.0 KB/sec. The download speed before wasn't blazing fast, but it was decent. I don't get what the problem is:
1. Ran Tweaking repair again.
2. Reset the network.
3. Reinstalled Fire Fox. Microsoft Edge is the same deal, it's slow, too.
4. Switched to Google's DNS.
5. Turned off most of the background apps. No programs that I can see are running behind the scenes.
6. Found out how to get back the 20% internet bandwidth Windows holds back, so, I have all 100% bandwidth.
7. Internet is STILL SLOW.
* Forgot to mention when Windows wouldn't boot, I tried to reset the laptop. It did the BSOD again and rolled back the changes, then tried the startup repair.