No Windows Internet Connection

alexanderk said:

Who ever solves this without doing a full Windows reload deserves a reward.

Problem symptoms are as follows:

#1. Outlook Classic cannot get and send email via POP.

#2. Most - but not all - URLs are not accessible via browser.

#3. Windows widgets cannot load content.

#4. After a Restart - not after a Shut down and Power up - only after a Restart - all connections types (#1, #2, #3) work - but only for 2 minutes.

#5. Windows inside a Virtual Machine has none of these problems at all

This thread has been brilliant. Dedication and knowledge of all contributors are superb. Contributions are amazing. This is the 79th post over 5 days.

Thank you!

-Alex

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In #2 for example. . .

URLs "Facebook" and "Instagram" can connect all the time

while

URLs "https://www.google.com/" and "A. Kowalenko & Associates" cannot connect after the 2 minutes are up

This is a soooo long shot as i dont have the whole picture....
You can test to see where it cuts out.. in the command prompt or powershell and use pathping to the website that acting up... its good if it already has cut out so you cant connect with the browser to that website so to speak.
If it dont reach its target test one node at the time with pinging the ip with different MTU size start with ping -f -l 1500 then go lower 1490 1480 1470 and see if it starts working
If its start working at for example 1470.. change the MTU value to 1470

But as it works in your VM.. i would compare the settings between your host and the VM as the VM is working.. it feels like something has changed in your network protocol settings

Edit:
what does bother me is it works for the same amount of minutes every time before it cuts out
When i do network troubleshooting i use the program wireshark to analyze the traffic

What this sounds like is some process is starting up and is interfering with networking. Here's another moon shot, The Dev Home project Ironsides, has been known to cause network issues if it gets corrupted. Is that set to auto start?