New
#1
Why do I keep getting DNS server errors/timed out errors?
In the last 4 weeks, I've had to do three system restores just to regain access to the internet.I've never in my life had to do a system restore to access the internet. The first time, sometime around June 17th, I inexplicably got "DNS server error" and "Windows 10 could not automatically identify proxy settings" even though they were. It worked one minute, and the next it didn't. I tried flushing the DNS but that didn't work so I tried a system restore. 5 days later, I got another error, this time saying "connection settings have been changed" out of the blue again. I had to do another system restore. Now I got "website took too long to respond" and I had to do yet another system restore. These are occurring out of nowhere, when the internet has been working fine. I could access couple websites (google and facebook) but for the rest, I kept getting these errors. I know it's my laptop/Windows 10 because I can go to all those sites on my iPad. I have an Acer Aspire laptop.