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title: "Troubleshooting WIth Modern Laptops Is Hard"
summary: "A friend of ours modem/router was reset so I went over to try to troubleshoot it and set it back up.\nI brought my new Dell Inspiron 16 Inch 2 in 1. It doesn’t have an ethernet port so it was annoying to try to do anything network related.\nLesson learned busy re-setting up my ThinkPad X230 as I am starting to do some more IT work again.\nWhy modern laptops especially a 16 inch don’t include ports is beyond me.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe laptop also has a grounding issue causing the trackpad to jump but that’s"
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# Troubleshooting WIth Modern Laptops Is Hard

A friend of ours modem/router was reset so I went over to try to troubleshoot it and set it back up.
I brought my new [Dell Inspiron 16 Inch 2 in 1](https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-16-2-in-1-laptop/spd/inspiron-16-7620-2-in-1-laptop). It doesn’t have an ethernet port so it was annoying to try to do anything network related.
Lesson learned busy re-setting up my ThinkPad X230 as I am starting to do some more IT work again.
Why modern laptops especially a 16 inch don’t include ports is beyond me.

The laptop also has a grounding issue causing the trackpad to jump but that’s a problem for another day. I found [this method to fix it on Youtube.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xGq5gmKEAA)

[Oh you apparently cant extend clipboard history on the native windows clipboard](https://superuser.com/questions/1731817/access-windows-clipboard-history-from-past-sessions). It was bugging me as Ditto my clipboard manager for Win 10 kept everything longer. I will probably reinstall it and disable the Windows clipboard unless someone has a better idea.

Here is a pic of Honey.

![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pupontech/content/images/wordpress/2024/02/DX80i_R17_20240226_103918_lmc_8.4-1-769x1024.jpg)

This is day 5 of [#100DaysToOffload](https://100daystooffload.com/)

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