No Wireless !

My Intel(R)Pro Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection has a " ! " next to it and i cant get onto wireless connection at all :cry:cry !

P.S have tried all the fixes you can think of unless i'm missing something how can i get this stupid device to work again !

TIA for any help !

 

Hi, rustyjack.

If you've tried all of the regular network-related fixes, you might go towards reloading chipset drivers - sometimes the mobo can cause symptoms that appear to be network.

 

Hi Caliban i'm basically an end user when your talking mobo's forget it it's out of my hands !
I think i'm goner have to tell this girl to save all her photo's cause thats all she's bothered about, and then do a full system restore for her, i mean the amount of crap that was on it in the first place was unbeleivable !

 

From what I've read of your posts, you're a little more advanced than the 'end users' I'm used to.

Do check out Halo's and DLS's suggestions - they look good. On the other hand, if there are other obvious or looming issues with the system, then I concur: wipe the slate clean and give her a new machine.

EDIT: good point, DLS.

 

Fairly sure, i might be wrong though !
But i've been at this for 4 sodding days now and don't fancy starting all over !
AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH !

I think its goner be a clean slate, i mean the silly girl she's 24yr old and lets her brother go on it all the time, he's 28ish and never off the Franky Vaughn sights, this is about the fourth or fifth time i had this LT in to clean out, and each time it's came back, she hasn't been using ccleaner or doing anything i've told her to, she's the type that thinks a car can run with no oil in it, if you know what i mean !

P.S Thanks for the heads up saying i'm a little more than an end user, i'm just a modest man that ain't been at this game for very long !

 

Windows XP Media Centre Edition Version 2002 SP3
There's no WIFI manager in the system tray just the normal (2 comp signs with red X on) and when i right click on it, Open Network Connections theres just Local Area Connection and 1394 Connection Net Adapter in the properties !

 

P.S Sorry Halo i forgot it's a Gateway Laptop model number MX6918b

 

Has everyone forgot about me and my problem ! :zzz

 

Of course not - now, who are you, and what was your problem?

:-D

I take it you decided against a format/reinstall?

 

Well no not really just not sure what's the best choice of CD CR-R CD-RW :mad to store the photo's and her :mad stupid CV's onto !
Notice the word " stupid " pop into the sentence, show's i'm getting ever so slightly annoyed now, " And thats being polite just fo the MG Forum Rules " if i don't do something shortly with this piece of SH*T, i'll be doing a " sentence " for murder !!!!! :-D:-D:-D

 

Just as a matter of intterest, in XP how do i view the System32 fies and folders, it is through view hidden, is it not !
Because i have looked in the usual places and ca't find anything ! confused:confused

 

Can't find it Kestrel, so obviously this laptop is in serious ill health !

 

Cheers for the suggestion Kestrel, but i'm not sure whether combofix or any of the more deeper analysis tools will clear out all her photo's and basically thats all she's bothered about, and it looks like Santa is bringing her a new Laptop so basically she's told me i can have this one when Santa has been, " BONUS " because then i'll do the full act on it and then i end up with a LT for nothing !
P.S I know that sounds a bit harsh but my daughters said thats what she told her !!

 

Looks like Santa may be bringing you a new laptop! :drink

 

RESULT ! :drink