Hello,

After going through all solutions here to no avail, I found the source.
The "Alps Pointing-Device Driver"

Which is bundled in any new Lenovo IdeaPad 710s

In order to resolve, go to...

I have found the solution - it was a VPN software called Tunnel Bear I had installed on my computer.
See the following thread discussing it (But I could not find it before as it relates to firewall...

Hello,

When I change "Use the following DNS server addresses:" under: Network connections -> Properties -> Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and try to set it to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google...