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Windows 10 upgrade has trashed my laptop
After trying the Win 7 - Win 10 upgrade on my old Compaq knockabout laptop, and it going fine other than completely loosing the Internet Security suite (COMODO), I decided to upgrade my main laptop, an Acer Travelmate 5740.
The upgrade itself went fine; however, on booting into Windows 10, the first thing I noticed was that I was down to a basic Microsoft Video driver, offering 1024x768 resolution, instead of the native 1366 x 768. No problem, I though, I'll just hop online and download the latest driver. And then I noticed that I had "limited" WiFi connectivity - on all networks I tried to connect to.
I tried forgetting the networks and reconnecting - it can see them all OK, and "connect" to them, but Limited (this on a network with at least 7 other devices connecting fine (Win 7, Win 10, Linux, MacOS, Android). I looked for the old VPN software issue: not present. I reset the TCP/IP stack - no change. I connected to a LAN cable - no connection. Both adapters are correctly identified, although the WiFi adapter shows as "shared" although no sharing tab appears in properties. And ipconfig only displays "Windows IP configuration" with no IP information. Diagnosis shows a driver problem (no kidding), but can't fix it.
And the Acer site shows no Windows 10 drivers for the laptop.
I'm tempted to suggest spent more time on the logo than on the OS.
Any suggestions?
Thanks