Desktops & All-In-Ones

[TT]

I have an Aspire M3985 that was working fine for a couple of months after purchase, then an automatic update to Windows 8 was done and since then I have had an intermittent error with regards to connection to my modem.  I click on the modem icon in my work tray and choose "troubleshoot problems" and windows goes through it's trouble shooting and comes back with a pop up stating "Ethernet" doesn't have a valid IP configuration noting that it is fixed.  Here's a screen shot:  http://prntscr.com/2ikjo6

I am completely bamboozled by Windows 8 and have no idea what I'm doing with it...so I haven't tried to "fiddle" with anything to fix this problem. But months of having to reset my ethernet cable almost every time I boot up is becoming a right royal pain.

Anyone know what might be happening, and how I could fix it?

[finlux]

Hi TT

See here for some help on your problem!

[TT]

 I surfed through all the responses on this issue and decided to try the simplest step FIRST!

Here's what I did:

1.  Shut Down Windows 8 PC

2.  Switch off the power at the wall

3.  Pull the power cord out of my PC

4.  Wait for 5 minutes

5.  Plug power cord back into PC

6.  Turn on power

7.  Boot up PC

I have not had any more issues with my internet connecting on boot up.

It sounded too simple to be true, but it worked and I didn't have to mess around with drivers, ipconfig etc etc 

Thank you ForrestLinderman for pointing out that the PC might need a hard reboot to reset something in memory/long term memory 

And thank you ACE finlux for posting the reply with the link to all possible solutions

[finlux]

Glad you're now fixed!