update :  well its been 7 days and guess what?  no internet again..  been struggling with this for over an hour and half .. reboot ,, no go .. installed software drivers for an usb wifi stick  no go  install Ethernet wire no go .. and all these scenarios report you are connected but can't seem to find any web site..

Now i could ... reinstall windows ( again)  and guess what will happen/  voila  Internet  for may be a week..

this shop I took it to last week also reinstalled windows and then reported to me Fixed .. Please pay on your way out .. Well I told the guy I could have done this again  ,, but the situation is way after a week..?? 

and no I don't have any virus's  and besides that - what type of virus would want to take over your PC  if it can't connect to the network.??

( and for cvermeylen .. once I get this resolved ( again) where would this intel driver be located?  do you have a link?)

Quoting mediadogg:

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(2) On the enabled adapter (I assume Wi-fi), examine the TCPIP V4 properties and make sure that the settings are correct. Your IP address should be via DHCP (unless you really want a fixed address), your Gateway should be the address of your router (usually something like 192.168.1.1), and your DNS server should be set to automatic or similar wording. That should clear out any numbers in the DNS boxes.

Check, which DNS is delivered by the Router. All of them have to be accessible, since Winsdows does not use them properly (if one of them is down, the whole system stalls).

For testing manually enter the Google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 an 8.8.4.4

Update:
second professional looked at the problem and decided a software program I had installed  ( a vpn site) was the culprit. , we removed uninstalled the software & right now the laptop is running quickly and efficiently on the net , I usually bounce back and forth between google chrome and firefox mozilla ..

will monitor this latest fix ..

Quoting widescreenforever:

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Update:
second professional looked at the problem and decided a software program I had installed  ( a vpn site) was the culprit. , we removed uninstalled the software & right now the laptop is running quickly and efficiently on the net , I usually bounce back and forth between google chrome and firefox mozilla ..

will monitor this latest fix ..

Were you using this VPN service when you lost Internet connection?

Now that you started looking at this being a possible software problem, I suppose your technician has checked for malware on your PC, because that would be the first and foremost software issue I would think of.  And yes, lots of malware could make you lose Internet connection, often at a specified time decided by the malware's author.

Quoting widescreenforever:

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no it wasn't malware as the PC was formatted and internet worked ,, brought in a software program which I found out wasn't the vpn  but another program  ..  this program closed the net for me within 24 hours in some cases
now I don't run that program anymore  but use my usual program for the past dozen years ..

and have not had any other problems..

case closed  thanks to all..

And have you formatted your PC after removing that offending program?  If not, then you still have to scan for malware.  What you described sounds like malware behavior to me.  Simply uninstalling the offending program may still leave remnants of the program behind.  It wouldn't hurt to do a malware scan.  It wouldn't hurt to do it regularly even when you don't have problems.

Quoting widescreenforever:

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yes I have installed and run a bought program called Fixme stick..  and the anitivirus is malwarebytes, as well as win 10 windows defender ..

The downside of USB sticks is that it can be written to, should the malware be designed to do it.  Many regular antivirus programs let you create a "boot CD-ROM" or "rescue disk" that you use to boot up the PC and scan for malware.  And a read-only CD cannot be written to.