Recent content by 3mnkys

Thanks for the ideas...problem remains Good evening all, Thanks to everyone for all the ideas, and I've also been looking all over the net for various ideas. I am certainly a novice, but also one who is willing to try things and not be afraid I'll "break" the laptop. That being said, I am...

Ethernet Also Out Oh, forgot to mention that little sideshow....when I hard-wired the laptop to the wireless, the Ethernet adapter wouldn't give me internet either. Before the Win7 upgrade two nights ago, the wife would occasionally get an update from MS that included IE8. Every time IE8...

adapter model Atheros 5007 b/g

New Puzzle Pieces OK here's another couple new pieces to this puzzle. I read in another forum of a similar situation, and used the command prompt to ping google...well, that worked, and the exclamation went away, but the browsers still all would not connect, not IE8 nor Opera. I re-installed...

Router yes, he was using a different router at a completely separate location. I will try the adapter solution when I get back home, and then let you know, Thanks for the assist thus far.

One More Bit of Info Oh, one more little bit of info....I did take it in to have a tech look at it, and he was able to get 100% connectivity on his wireless... As for the adapter, that is UNINSTALL, not merely disable, correct?. After I uninstall, it should pick this up on the re-boot I am...

Good Day, I posted last night on my internet connectivity, and thought it was IE8 that came with my W7 upgrade, but now have another issue, and this seems to be a VERY narrow issue. My Compaq laptop and the wireless connectivity are clearly recognizing the wireless router I have set up at...

Good Day, I did an upgrade on wife's laptop tonight, everything went smoothly, or seemingly so. But trying to connect to the internet, IE8 won't connect. I know there is a valid wireless connection because I am on it as I type on a desktop using that same wireless connection. Here is the odd...