When I boot my machine (Win 8.1) if I go into Chrome it connects successfully - but a couple of minutes later it just hangs and won't work. From a command line I can ping URLs (like
Google) successfully, so I'm obviously actually connected and it's something to do with the browsers interaction. Even an IP address in a browser won't work. I've tried Chrome, IE and Firefox and they all have the same problem.
I've found descriptions of similar sounding problems and tried the solutions, such as refreshing Winsock and making sure the network adapters are using the manufacturers drivers rather than Microsoft's, but it still isn't working. I suspect this started after some updates, as I've been using 8.1 for some time without problems, but restore won't work if I try to go back - it comes up with some non-specific message saying it can't do it.
So, anyone got any ideas? It's very strange that it works immediately after startup but then stops working.