Are you being troubled by frequent network outages.? Or are you not able to connect to the internet or a specific webpage on your Windows computer.? Then in this guide, I will explain to you how to use Windows Network Diagnostics to fix the issue. This a free tool from Microsoft. It has been a part of the Windows OS for a long time now. If you have been a Windows 7 user, then also you would find this tool in the Settings.
The Windows Network Diagnostic tool’s working is simple. It will look for network connectivity issues and guide you to fix them. You can even take the help of the tool to report the network issues to Microsoft. Then Microsoft will offer some solution regarding that. Apart from this tool, you can contact your service provider to help in fixing the network problems.
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First, let’s check how to access the tool on Windows 7. There are two ways to do so.
Network Troubleshooter
- Press Windows + I to open Settings
- Click on Network and Internet
- Under the left-hand panel, option Status navigate to Network Troubleshooter and click it
- Then the tool will start to run a network check to find what can be possibly wrong with the connectivity
I will show you how it will work. Let’s say I am not connected to my preferred network. Then upon running a network check using the Network Troubleshooter, I will get the following result.
Some applications connect like Google Chrome & command prompt. OS, Edge browser & some other apps can’t connect. Even after disabling firewall / security stuff to test. There’s no obvious way to tell what part of network stack is working or how many devices it is passing through & bouncing back from. There’s no easy way to tell what part is broken/misconfigured. Despite all the troubleshoot guides, start/restart services, reset caches, check OS files, restart system etc. There’s is not enough done to correctly debug.