Chrome won't load any web pages.

[McPhee]

Scratching my head with this one. New PC. Clean Windows install. Edge works fine, but Chrome won't load a single page. I've uninstalled Chrome, deleted the Chrome folders under Program Files and run CCleaner, then reinstalled Chrome. Same problem. I get the following message when trying to visit any web site:

"Your connection was interrupted

A network change was detected.

ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED"

Any ideas?

 

[Earth[Tera].bin]

Google search suggests flushing your DNS via command prompt ( ipconfig /flushdns ) or manually set your DNS and see if that makes a difference. Use Google for instance 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4

 

[McPhee]

Done both.

Also found another suggestion; scan for malware. Seemed utterly pointless given it's a completely clean system. But I'll try anything given Chrome has all my passwords... No malware present.

Decided to test a bunch of browsers.

Working:

Brave
Vivaldi
TOR
Firefox
Edge

Not working:

Chrome
Chrome Canary
Chromium
Opera
Comodo Dragon

Opera actually does have some functionality. It will load the BBC home page as plain text after a couple of minutes. Tried a few other sites, and after a couple of minutes I get the same "ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED" message.

So basically, nothing based on Chromium works, except Vivaldi.

 

[Sparx]

Try the below 2 commands (separately) in cmd as admin, it resets IP/TCP.

netsh int ip set dns
netsh winsock reset

If that fails, try uninstall your NIC and reinstall? And/or check for any network adapter updates online?

 

[Orcvader]

What network adapter is it on the PC? Maybe it's using some sort of QoS feature which for some reason is affecting Chromium based browsers?

 

[McPhee]

Tried the above. Then gave up and just reinstalled Windows. All working fine now.

Thanks for the help anyway.