>>So got a new laptop with windows 10 .
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>>No problems but my wife doesn't like wireless.
>>So I had wireless turned on while she was out and I was setting it up.
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>>Now she's back in so I've turned off my wireless on the router.
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>>pop the ethernet cable in the new laptop and it doesn't fff___ing work.
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>>Resolveable I'm sure but it seems a very simple thing to have working out of the box.
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>>Time for Craig to tell me its an improved feature.
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>Did you switch the laptop to airplane mode?
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>Have you run through the network troubleshooters? They're starting to get somewhat useful.

Yes wireless is off.

I ran the Windows network diagnostic and its saying Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration.