Recent content by ryan24130

I used WD SmartWare to make the backup. It just says "back up" there aren't many settings to choose from.

What should I do with my Windows.old folder now that I have upgraded? I performed a back up and have those files on my Western Digital Passport 320gig. I have yet to retreive them. But I don't know if that back up keeps more important stuff that the Windows.old might have.

I did update the BIOS. I just went into the BIOS and here is what I got. Everything is enabled, but under device info the wireless showed <None> So I assume this means Windows does not even acknowledge that I have the adapter. Bad news. Windows was messed up so much the first time I was...

Link Removed - Invalid URL ^^ this is the driver. I have checked all of the things you have said, except for going into the BIOS. I will do that too. But the button is correct and I don't know of any function key that would change it.

To my surprise and relief, my ethernet connection began to work very recently. It is probably because I installed the new driver, but I can't be completely sure. However, the wireless is still not working. The folders in the wireless driver are /driver /driver_us /driver_dow /driver_jpn /x64...

I went to "have disk" but didn't know which file to choose. I couldnt select the entire drive folder obviously. Also, I selected show all hidden devices in device manager and I discovered a bunch of WAN miniports and a couple microsoft things. I don't know if this changes anything.

Found the service tag. Downloaded the WLAN wireless minicard. Result on install attempt: No compatible hardware found. The software you are attempting to install is not supported on this system. The software will not be installed. Setup will now exit.

Yes I have tried a different cable and connection too. That is why I am so confused. The ethernet should at least be working. As for the wireless, I can't find the service tag, the numbers that I have found are apparently not it. So that is really unfortunate as well.

Thanks for the responses. I have attached an image of the available network drivers on Dell's site. I downloaded the Broadcom driver, installed, and rebooted, no change. I think the broadcom driver would be the wireless adapter you mentioned. I'm not sure which of these would be the wired...

Thanks for your help. I have run those commands and revolted but I don't see a noticeable difference.

No that is all the info available when I command ipconfig /all.

Hello all, Please help, I have been searching on Google for a week now and have done everything possible and still I cannot connect to the internet. My story: I am connected to my university's internet on campus (wireless and Ethernet available). I have a Dell Inspiron 1520. Driver...