Almost Couldn't Access The Internet on my Laptop

By DE
@DaddyEvil (175739)
United States
July 17, 2026 10:29pm CST
I was listening to a favorite YouTuber playing games with his friends when I went to sleep. Woke up to go to the little boy's room and came back to a laptop offline. It kept refusing the password to our internet. We finally completely shut it down, restarted it and tried the internet password several more times and it took it. Pretty says we'll have to get me a new one if it does that again. I'll tell you, it scared me! Anyway, it's back up and working again now.
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5 responses
Anna
@LadyDuck (504731)
• Italy
1h
I know how scary it is when this happens. Did you contact your provider to know if there was a problem. It happened to me a few months ago, it was not my computer, the provider had a problem.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (175739)
• United States
1h
No, we didn't. Pretty's devices weren't having any problems and my phone could still connect to the internet. Pretty kept shutting my laptop off and turning it back on until it connected and accepted the password. We have no clue why it did that.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (504731)
• Italy
53m
@DaddyEvil - If your other devices worked it was a problem coming from your laptop. It's weird, I cannot see what happened.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (175739)
• United States
44m
@LadyDuck I think my laptop is just wearing out. I've only had it for three or four years and my last laptop (same brand and same OS) lasted almost ten years. But I'm online every day for most of the day either talking on myLot, watching YT videos or just listening to my laptop read to me when I can't see.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (122995)
• United States
11m
That would have freaked me out too.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (175739)
• United States
5m
I would have given up on it but she kept switching it off and on again until it worked for her.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (148988)
• Roseburg, Oregon
46m
I am glad it is back up and working again.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (175739)
• United States
42m
Thank you. Me, too! I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have a laptop.
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rakski
@rakski (158505)
• Philippines
2h
Good to know that it's back
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DE
@DaddyEvil (175739)
• United States
2h
Thanks. I'm happy about that, too.
Loretta
@noni1959 (13088)
• United States
1h
That would scare me too. I'm glad you got it going again.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (175739)
• United States
59m
Thank you. Pretty kept trying it until it accepted the password. We have no idea why it did that.
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