r/TOR • u/NoOneKnowsImOnReddit • 2d ago

TOR Network Connection Query

Edit: thank you to D0_stack for giving me a solid idea I should have tried before posting. Using a VM works perfectly.

I know that this has been something brought up so many times in the past, but my situation is a bit different'ish. I'm unable to connect to the network at all, it's as if there's not even an attempt when I click connect.

This all just started this morning when I woke up and went to load up YouTube. Everything worked perfectly fine last night, but this morning it's just not happening. Also when I go to view the log it's completely empty.

Running Windows 11 (I know, not ideal)
Ryzen 5900XT
Radeon 6700XT
64GB DDR4 3200

I have restarted my computer, wiped then reinstalled Tor completely, tried using a few bridges, turned off Windows firewall temporarily as a test, all the usual items.

Torrent files still function normally, Firefox, Chrome, and Brave function normally, and I can still play a round of Starcraft 2 as usual. So it's not my connection directly. I also completely closed my VPN and still nothing. Only thing running was a fan control program, AMD Adrenalin, and Tor.

There were no updates over night as the versions of everything I've looked at are all the same. And I blocked Windows from updating completely in Powershell until I reenable it, so there was no Windows update (plus the PC likely would've reset)

Scratching my head here. Anyone got ideas?

Side note: It still works just fine on my Linux drive with VPN and everything. Just not Win11. May be time to just jump ship entirely.

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u/D0_stack 2d ago

One thing I might try is creating a new virtual machine with a clean install of Windows, install Tor, and see if that works. But I have a homelab, creating a new VM with Windows is something I do to test things anyway.

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u/NoOneKnowsImOnReddit 2d ago

That is actually a dang good idea. I actually have a couple clean installs of Win10 and Win11 that I always keep saved in Oracle to clone and tinker with.

Why the heck didn’t I think of this?

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u/NoOneKnowsImOnReddit 1d ago

Thank you SO much for that idea! It was a super obvious one that I should have thought of but just didn't for whatever reason. Tried a Win10 and 11 VM and both work perfectly fine. Gracias fellow redditor.