My PC would be connected to WiFi, but I wouldn't be able to go on any site. I restarted my PC and the damn thing locked up on the HP logo screen! So I had to hold the power button to turn of my laptop. What the heck?
Have you tried booting up in Safe Mode at all? The problem doesn't sound anything like any problem with the WiFi connection but possible disk errors or some other Windows related issue preventing a normal start up. If you saw the 10 media made up and are not able to use the F8 key to bring up the Advanced Startup Options when booting live from the 10 media or if you made up the Recovery Drive would allow you to run the Disk Check tool as well as the Startup Repair options.
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