Device Manager
Hardware problems with your network card will most likely be recorded in the Event Log. If you suspect that your network card is the culprit, and nothing is recorded in the Event Log, check the Device Manager.
You have two easy ways to open the Device Manager:
• Right-click the very bottom-left corner of the screen and select Device Manager.
• At the Start screen, type manager, click Settings, and then click Device Manager.
Any devices with detectable hardware problems or configuration conflicts appear with a yellow ! icon when you display the Device Manager. If no yellow icons appear, you don’t have a detected hardware problem. This doesn’t mean that you don’t have a problem, but the odds are slim that your network card is the ...
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