borked my sis's computer - she has vista, need help

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borked my sis's computer - she has vista, need help

Postby Fist of the eskimo » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:42 am

hey, my sis's laptop was running really slowly and she's running vista, and now she can't get on the internet (wirelessly)

here's what I did:

- saw there was a shitload of background programs so ran msconfig and disabled all on start-up which really sped things along

-next... ran a disk clean-up on her c: which freed up 8 GB of stuff

- tried to run internet

- no worky

- re ran msconfig and re-enabled all things

- still no internets

Need help plz
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Postby Bricksolid » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:12 am

Well it sounds like an issue with either the wireless card or router. Go to command prompt and type ipconfig and see if ur getting an ip. If you are (should be a lan ip) then theres a problem with the connection from the router to the modem. Maybe the router droped the modem or something. You could go in to that router by typing the ip of it in internet explorer, example 192.168.0.1 is standard. If you dont get an ip, then see if the card got loose, but it might be integrated. Which in that case, you might have to buy a usb wireless, or just another card.
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Postby Darkfoxx » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:57 am

Can you connect via wire? Just to see if the Internet is working.
Gaming:

Workstation:
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Postby Fist of the eskimo » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:44 pm

Connected via wire and it still doesn't work???
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Postby Darkfoxx » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:52 pm

Gaming:

Workstation:
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Postby Tanis Half Elf » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:52 pm

I know on most laptops there is a button to turn wifi transmitting off to save power. Maybe you bumped it or something. On some laptops there is a mysterious button on the side, and on mine it is Fn+F2. Kinda basic, but that is the only thing i can think of.
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Postby Fist of the eskimo » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:54 pm

fixed it. I had something disabled at startup i'm writing this from her computer now.

thanks for all the help
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