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NP.
SP stands for Service Pack version. At the time post was made, this information and others was missing.
Two things to try:
[ol]- Since you are running avast! free, it cannot affect the firewall as it does not have a built-in firewall as does, say, Avast! Internet Security. You can temporarily disable Web Shield, Network Shield, and Behavior Shield, in that order, one at a time, to see if one of these is possibly interfering with the built-in Windows network driver and report back. Re-enable each real-time service if that one does not change behavior with the network driver but disable only one for each step and reboot for each one and see if there is a change.
-OR-
- Wait until avast! is fully loaded before attempting to connect to the internet.[/ol]
-If wireless connection, set that to ‘On Demand’
-If wired connection, plug it in when avast! is done loading.
Have you ever had another antivirus program or a/v full suite installed prior to installing avast! free! Was that uninstalled using Programs and Features? (A/V programs included with the system whe first bought but never used do fit into this category.) Never run two active resident antivirus programs or suites at the same time. Otherwise, an user will get glitches in their system and worse.
If so, use the link provided below in my sig to finalize removal of left-over drivers from any previous a/v programs and reboot. (It is marked with the word “New:”)