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w10 update caused problems with all apps
Two days ago I was happily using this machine (a dell755) which has been running W10 for about 6 months now. Up until then no issues but then there was an automatic update and after that completed I found I have lost all connectivity for my apps!!!.
To explain, the PC is working fine in its desktop mode and connections to the internet work fine in Chrome, IE, FIrefox, email and all my regular links. ( I am even able to log this post fine). However non of my W10 apps will connect - all I get is a message saying they cannot connect to the internet. The same is true of Store and of Edge so basically I seem to have got a W7 type of machine now. All the apps show and try and start but as soon as they need an internet connection they fail. I cant even log on to my MS account via the apps as this also fails due to no being able to connect. This is most odd as everything else works fine on the internet. Another virtually identical machine running the same OS and connected in the same way (Ethernet) to the same router and running almost the same software did the same update and is still working fine with none of these issues at all!
Alas, due to having done a big clean-up a little while ago I forgot to reactivate my restore points so find I don't even have one available now to reset to (lesson learned there)
So does anyone have any ideas on how to fix or overcome this? - or I'm I doomed to have to do a clean reinstall -which of course I would rather not have to do?