Fusion won't start, says no internet connection

[kaptanjak]

Seems I'm far from the only one having this problem. I tried everything. I even tried doing a complete reset, wiping everything on my computer in the process, and reinstalling a fresh download of Fusion. Still getting the same error. 

[jhackney1972]

You need to collect your Fusion 360 log files and attach them.  If you need help collecting them, take a look at this website.

[kaptanjak]

I think this is the log file in question. Let me know if that's what you were asking for.

So I found another thread, too, where it turned out the guy's autodesk folders were all read only. Mine are read only, as well, so I'm guessing that's the root of the problem.

Unfortunately, changing them to writable didn't fix my issue, because, to my dismay, they instantly revert back to read only. Some brief reading on that issue suggests it might be caused by a corrupted file having to do with user permissions.

I'm beginning to suspect that my hard drive might be corrupted. It's a solid state drive that's about five years old give or take, and my computer has been booting slow for a few weeks now. I pretty much use the computer all day every day, so it wouldn't surprise me if my drive is worn out. Would make sense because I didn't change a thing and there were no updates to my machine that I noticed. An aging hard drive might explain why this just came out of blue.