Your internet connection has stopped working. You don't know why, and everything seems to be in order, but you open your favorite browser and it spits out some error related to lack of connectivity. After checking the status of the modem/router and the cables, suspicion turns to the software. Did Windows break something? It's not the first time it happened, and definitely not the last. That's when doubts start. If you need to know how to repair your internet connection and the idea of doing everything by hand seems a bit intimidating, maybe the portable application Complete Internet Repair is the right medicine.
The lack of internet connection can completely neutralize a user's productivity. Not to mention, every time my provider throws in the towel I'm left floating like a cork in water, unless I decide to exile myself to a local café to get some WiFi. If the failure is external there's not much we can do (beyond yelling at tech support on the phone), but if something strange happened with the software, well... let's just say it's an adventure. From a configuration error caused by a new program to the classic malware infection that knocks everything out in its path, the robustness of connections in Windows is not the best in the world. That said, if you want to know how to repair your internet connection completely, it's not a bad idea to have a copy of Complete Internet Repair nearby.
How to repair your internet connection with Complete Internet Repair
It all starts with a visit to the official page of developer Rizonesoft (obviously, using a working connection) and downloading Complete Internet Repair. The good news is that there is a portable edition, so you can save yourself the installation process. Once we open the main executable, Complete Internet Repair (now in version 5) makes a fairly logical warning: If it isn't broken, don't fix it. The repair and reset options that come with the program should be interpreted as a last resort, and if applied to a computer that works fine, they could cause damage. Another suggestion from the program is to create a restore point before starting the repair, but in most cases that would only save a state with the internet connection out of commission.
Complete Internet Repair also includes a mechanism to repair the reception of Windows updates. No matter how hard Microsoft tries, there are always those occasions when Windows Update suffers an existential crisis and leaves us waiting for the hotfixes to fall. The recommendation is to study each of the options by clicking the (!) symbol and expanding the menu at the bottom of the interface, but if the connection is completely dead and you need to get it back immediately, focus your attention on the flushes and resets, as well as restoring the HOSTS file (very important if there was a previous infection).
