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There is a Wired or Wireless connection ICON in Windows 10. Hover over it. It will tell you whether you have Internet Access or not. If you have a connection (IP address) and no Internet, it will tell you precisely that. <br />
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It is there to use and it works.
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There is a Wired or Wireless connection ICON in Windows 10. Hover over it. It will tell you whether you have Internet Access or not. If you have a connection (IP address) and no Internet, it will tell you precisely that.

It is there to use and it works.

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Yes, but this is for a relative for whom the task of hovering the mouse over an icon and reading the result would be too difficult. &nbsp;The computer for her is a complex beast and she uses it only for FreeCell and Skype.<br />
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Getting her to click on a button is far, far easier to do.
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Yes, but this is for a relative for whom the task of hovering the mouse over an icon and reading the result would be too difficult.  The computer for her is a complex beast and she uses it only for FreeCell and Skype.

Getting her to click on a button is far, far easier to do.

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So then write a little script to PING an external address forever. If it breaks there would be no internet. I think that will work.<br />
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I am always able to get people to put their mouse over a distinct icon but I recognize that not everyone could do this
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So then write a little script to PING an external address forever. If it breaks there would be no internet. I think that will work.

I am always able to get people to put their mouse over a distinct icon but I recognize that not everyone could do this

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i usually click on the big E for internet explorer<br />
if it says no connection - or does not display &nbsp;the start page, i know i have no internet
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i usually click on the big E for internet explorer
if it says no connection - or does not display  the start page, i know i have no internet

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The whole can only work by testing one or a few Internet locations. A batch file like<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-41845931-1">@echo off
&gt;nul ( ping -n 1 1.1.1.1 || ping -n 1 8.8.8.8) &amp;&amp; echo Internet works || echo The Internet has been deleted!
pause</code></pre>
could work (testing two Google DNS servers).
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The whole can only work by testing one or a few Internet locations. A batch file like


@echo off
>nul ( ping -n 1 1.1.1.1 || ping -n 1 8.8.8.8) && echo Internet works || echo The Internet has been deleted!
pause

could work (testing two Google DNS servers).

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This works beautifully. &nbsp;Just finished testing on the user's Windows 10 machine. &nbsp;Now I have a nice easy method to diagnose the Internet connection over the phone line.<br />
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Thanks Joe.
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This works beautifully.  Just finished testing on the user's Windows 10 machine.  Now I have a nice easy method to diagnose the Internet connection over the phone line.

Thanks Joe.

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You're welcome. I'm glad that works for you. Cheers, Joe
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You're welcome. I'm glad that works for you. Cheers, Joe

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I'm looking for a util that can determine if a computer has a connection to the Internet. &nbsp;Computer is a Windows 10 system.<br />
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Must be simple to operate and understand. &nbsp;What I have in mind is a simple click button to launch the application and a message that appears to say &quot;Internet connected&quot; or &quot;Internet down&quot;. &nbsp;That is the idea of the simplicity I want in this util. &nbsp;Perhaps there is a batch file that could do the job?<br />
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Anyone know if there is a util around like this?
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I'm looking for a util that can determine if a computer has a connection to the Internet.  Computer is a Windows 10 system.

Must be simple to operate and understand.  What I have in mind is a simple click button to launch the application and a message that appears to say "Internet connected" or "Internet down".  That is the idea of the simplicity I want in this util.  Perhaps there is a batch file that could do the job?

Anyone know if there is a util around like this?

Internet Connection Util

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