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Good news, I successfully dual booted with linux xubuntu and windows 7, but the bad news is I have no internet on windows 7.
How would I be able to fix it to where I have internet on both?
Im typing this on my laptop because my main pc has no internet.
I will be really thankful to whoever can help me out.
Boot into windows and use windows diagnostic tools to check your wifi connection. The dual booted linux system will not affect wifi settings in windows, you'll have to fix the problem from within windows.
I have the same problem on my laptop. Luckily for me I use linux a lot more then windows. It seems something is locking the interface but I'm not sure if it is the laptop or the wireless router. My money is on the laptop but to date I haven't been able to get to the bottom of it. If I wait a few hours then I can boot into the other OS and the network works again but switching back requires that I wait once again for what ever is holding it to timeout.
Can you open a command prompt on Windows and run the ipconfig /all command? Make sure all of the information is accurate and you aren't getting an address from APIPA. Also, can you try to ping your laptop? If it is wired, Have you checked the cables on the computer to make sure everything is plugged in? Try a different cable as well. Any other information you can give us would help find the problem.
I can see you typed this with a windows 8 computer. Hee Hee.... Just teasing..
Windows 10 actually, hehe I swapped HDD for a minute Windows 10 wouldn't let me boot it in the USB port. So I had to slap it in the main slot, Windows sucks but but (sexually explicated inappropriate one liner)
OP: if you let the laptop sit for half a day and then start windows does it work? If it does and you boot back into linux does linux have issues connecting?
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