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[MonkeyFiend]

ok to get some idea of why t'internet is broked, we need some info...

1. What make is your wireless router?
2. on your computer, if you click start>run>type 'cmd' and press ok, then in the black screen type 'ipconfig' what is your IP address listed as?
3. Are you using any 3rd party programs to handle wirless e.g. netgear wireless utility or is it done through windows?

From this we can tell whether the computer is actually connecting to the wireless router....

4. click start>control panel>network connections>look for network connections* and open it (if you can't see it, select 'switch to classic view' on the left first. Next right-click on your wireless network adapter and select properties, then the wireless networks tab. Is your connection in the preferred connections list? if so click on it and select properties... what is the network authentication and data encryption set to?

5. Because that was a nerdy post, I'll finish on a bad joke.. how do you get pikachu on a bus?.......................................................... you poke-him-on (apologies)

ta,

Monkey

[MonkeyFiend]

cooo that's not your basic problem, that implies something is up with the network stack or similar.

Had any potential virus problems or similar?

Firstly you need to make sure the drivers for your wireless card/dongle are installed (you mentioned in point 4 you ununstalled them) - just make sure you can see the wireless device in device manager (in control panel/system) that theres somethign in there in the network adapters section and there are no exclamtions or question marks

have a look in:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

for a file called tcpip.sys (not tcpip6.sys), if it's there rename it tcpip.bak then head over to C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache and copy the tcpip.sys file to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

if that doesn't work you can grab a windows cd and

Click Start > Run, type CMD and click OK.

At the command line type (assuming main disk is C: and cd drive is D:)

expand D:\I386\TCPIP.SY_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\TCPIP.SYS

Reboot the computer.

I can't think of any more pokemon jokes to finish this post on. sorry.

[Edit: wait thought of one... how do you make a pikablu?
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Make pikachu hold its breath! /apologies]