There seems to be an intermittent issue with Windows 7 whereby the network is not connected on startup. It can be fixed temporarily by right-clicking on the networking icon on the bottom right of the screen on clicking ‘Troubleshoot problems’ and going through that process. However you can fix it permanently by following this procedure:
1. Click Start Menu -> Control Panel
2. Select ‘Network and Internet’
3. Click ‘Network and Sharing Centre
4. Click ‘Change adapter settings’ in the left panel of the window
5. Select your network connection (usually ‘Local Area Connection’)
6. Right-click and select ‘Properties’
7. Click ‘Configure’
8. Select the ‘Advanced’ tab
9. Scroll down the list till you get to ‘Wiat for Link’ and select it
10. Change the value on the right to ‘Off’ using the drop down.
11. Click ‘Ok’
Hope this helps someone out there.
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