Ya, I can give great feedback if you're trying to alienate the opposite sex
It's all about the smile.
It's definitely the internet connection, I can diable the connection and open windows like normal, then reconnect, which is a passable fix pro tem. The network card is part of the motherboard, so it'll probably be a warranty issue.
I'm getting a portable network adaptor from someone this afternoon to just double check this is the for sure problem, but I can't fiddle with the router/hub/doohickies until the weekend.
Unfortunately for y'all, my OfficeSpace Moment
(tm) will have to wait.
Much <3 for TFP tech crew