How do I resolve error 651 on a new Windows 8 installation?

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I installed Windows 8 Pro on a Zotac Zbox AD03 3 days ago. The installation went fine and everything, including the network and internet, worked just fine. The network contains 4 Windows 7 machines, a network printer, a Buffalo NAS, a Windows Home Server, a 16 port switch and a Motorola combo cable modem (DOCSIS 3.0) and router. The new computer with Windows 8 could see everything and appeared to function perfectly with normal internet access. After powering it off for the night I restarted it the next morning and found it could only see the Windows Home Server and one of the Windows 7 machines. It reported that it was not attached to a network and when I tried to connect I got error 651. I did a complete new install and it still could only see the Windows Home Server and the same other Windows 7 machine and still get the error 651 message. What could have happened during that power down/restart to cause it to lose network connectivity? How do I fix it?

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2015-02-01T11:57:11+00:00

Hi Iam having the exact same problem tried everything mentioned above nothing is working this happened to me last month aand I backed up and restored my pc to factory settings that was the only thing that worked then after I put all my programs back on my computer it updated and now

I can't access my internet again it's not my internet connection it works on everything that doesn't have windows 8 is there anyone who I can contact to fix this problem with the upgrade it's ridiculously mentally frustrating

I did a full depth scan using Norton 365 and it cured my problem
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2015-07-08T15:03:59+00:00

Yes - Norton! New HP Pavilion PC with Intel Core i5-4590 using Windows 8.1 Pro. First issue was getting low memory warning. Then, had no internet access, with "Error 651" problem. Did a Norton "Run Live Update" including restart. Problem solved!
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