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Hotspot WiFi Login page does not appear

Solution:
Open with the browser the following url

http://www.msftconnecttest.com/redirect

This time I’ve decided write first the solution and offer to the reader the option to read the full post or not.

Introduction:
Just recently I bought a Chinese Tablet with Android to my son Thomas and surprisingly I’ve faced this issue.
Well, how complicated could be connect a device to an Hotspot (Free Wifi) network for a person that has a degree in IT?
I tell you my list of attempts in order as I thought:

  1. Restart the device (favorite Microsoft solution)
  2. Open the default router page using the following IPs/URLs
    192.168.0.1 
    192.168.1.1 
    127.0.0.1 
    127.1.1.1 
    1.1.1.1
    http://localhost
  3. Assigned Google DNS
    8.8.8.8 
    8.8.4.4
  4. Open an HTTP website in Incognito
    http://example.com

After all those attempts failed I started thinking that probably the device was broken/not working properly but it was connected when we were at home…

Idea:
I should force the browser to do a refresh, I remembered that often appeared a page, I remembered that there was a combination of the two words Microsoft and Connect. Just I googled it and found the url

http://www.msftconnecttest.com/redirect

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Microsoft Download Center Download button is missing

You want download a file or software from Microsoft Download Center.

In the Install Instructions section is written:

Download the appropriate file for your computer's processor by clicking one of the links below. You can run the package directly from the link or you can also save it on your local disk to install later.

But you cannot see any link or Download button.

Microsoft Download Center Download button is missing

Solution 1:
Change the URL of the page using https:// rather than http://

Solution 2 (from sam2030):
Download Button Unavailable on Windows Update Web Site

Solution 3 (from Ryan):
Try using Google Chrome

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