Hey Everyone.
I'm new at all this so please bare with me..I hope I don't step on toes..(wasn't sure if this was the right place to post.)
Anyways, So I'm trying to fix a computer for a friend. They're laptop is running Windows XP Service Pack 1. It is a Dell Inspiron 8500. And there wireless is not working. In network connections, there is an Local Area Connection 2. Thats it. Ive tried to install drivers off the drivers cd. Its all up to date, as it tells me. BUT NOTHING WORKS. Ive tried Fn+F2. I have it turned on, but theres no little wireless computer icon on the bottom task bar and says nothing about it in the network connections. I heard somewhere about a chipset, so i installed a driver called Intel Mobile Chipset Rev: A04. Also, I have installed and un-installed both Dell TrueMobile 1300 Internal 802.11 b/g MPCI Rev: A06 and Dell TrueMobile 1400 Internal Dual-Band WLAN Card Rev: A00. So which is the right one. I have looked in Device Manager..nothing about wireless. So pleaseeee help. I really need help..fast.
Also, I tried doing something about reseting something. After I did it, they said to look at ipconfig /all. So I did. It says Node type is broadcast, No ip routing enabled and no wins proxy enabled. there is nothing there about primary dns suffix. and then of course it has the local area connection.
Hope i didnt throw too much at ya.
any help would be appreciated. thanks
