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Lilitt74's avatar
Lilitt74
New member | Level 2
3 days ago

I'm seeing a "Reconnecting to the internet, this may take a moment" error on my Windows 10 device.

Hello! Let me say right away that English is not my native language - sorry. Recently (possibly coinciding with the replacement of the motherboard and processor with new, but identical one to one) ...
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Nancy
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3 days ago

Hey Lilitt74! Thanks for posting on our Community and great work on the troubleshooting steps. 

After disabling your firewall, did you also restart your computer and the same issue persisted? 

How about your current network? Are you connected to your home WiFi, or are you trying to access Dropbox by connecting to a corporate/school network? 

Let me know more details and we’ll have a look.

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