Multiple Problems....

Pulled a laptop out of mothballs, a Compaq Presario 1500 running Windows XP Home, and it has a couple of things that are perplexing me.

1. At first it was unable to detect any wireless networks in range. Now I can't even get the menu option to search for wireless networks in range and the wireless connection icon (bottom right) has gone awol.

2. I can't get my LAN Settings to Automatically detect settings. I can select it, but no response.

3. I can't switch to classic view in the Control Panel. Again, I can select, but no response.

Any ideas out there?

 

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