No Bars From Laptop To Router

Jevans50 · 08-30-2008, 12:26 PM

I have a toshiba laptop windows xp, Have had many problems with it recently. My friend who knows computers got it up and running at work to our wireless connection, but as soon as i bring it home i only show one bar on the strength then i will not connect. My husbands computer connects just fine so I know its not our d-link router. I had a lot of viruses on computer that micro trend took care of and then it started working like i said at work again. Any suggestions, please?

**TriggerFinger** · 08-30-2008, 04:15 PM

Hi Jevans50,

Are you within the vicinity of the router? I mean try it when you are very near/next to the router, as much as possible no walls blocking the signal. See if you get full bars.

Btw is your Wireless connection secure (i.e. WPA or WEP)?

Jevans50 · 08-31-2008, 12:15 PM

yes right now i'm right next to it. Yes I have a secure connection. My friend told me my problem started because of viruses, but he wont share w/me how he fixes my computer, he'll fix it at work with our wireless connection then i get it home and it wont work again, yet my husbands wireless connection is fine. I just did this to no avail, except I dont know what he means by firewall applet:

This happens due to missing or corrupt SharedAccess registry key, which represents the Windows Firewall Service. This usually occurs if the system is infected with a Virus or other Malware, or in the aftermath of Virus removal.

Download http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/sharedaccess.reg (only for systems running Windows XP Service Pack 2) and save it to your Desktop. Then double-click the file to merge the contents to the registry. The Services entry will be created. Restart Windows (mandatory step, otherwise the following NETSH command will display an error message).

After restarting Windows, run this from Command Prompt (cmd.exe)

NETSH FIREWALL RESET

Launch firewall applet from Control Panel, and then configure your Windows Firewall settings.

If none of the above methods help, as a last-resort solution (before reinstalling Windows XP Service Pack 2), give these two commands a try. Click Start, Run and type:

rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf

Restart Windows, and then run this command (from Command Prompt):

NETSH FIREWALL RESET

Attempt to start Firewall applet. Start the Windows Firewall service when prompted.

Hope it helps.. Please tell me what happened, OK? Thanks

08-30-2008, 12:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jevans50 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	No Bars From Laptop To Router I have a toshiba laptop windows xp, Have had many problems with it recently. My friend who knows computers got it up and running at work to our wireless connection, but as soon as i bring it home i only show one bar on the strength then i will not connect. My husbands computer connects just fine so I know its not our d-link router. I had a lot of viruses on computer that micro trend took care of and then it started working like i said at work again. Any suggestions, please?

08-30-2008, 04:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,802 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: No Bars From Laptop To Router Hi Jevans50, Are you within the vicinity of the router? I mean try it when you are very near/next to the router, as much as possible no walls blocking the signal. See if you get full bars. Btw is your Wireless connection secure (i.e. WPA or WEP)? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

08-31-2008, 12:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jevans50 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Re: No Bars From Laptop To Router yes right now i'm right next to it. Yes I have a secure connection. My friend told me my problem started because of viruses, but he wont share w/me how he fixes my computer, he'll fix it at work with our wireless connection then i get it home and it wont work again, yet my husbands wireless connection is fine. I just did this to no avail, except I dont know what he means by firewall applet: This happens due to missing or corrupt SharedAccess registry key, which represents the Windows Firewall Service. This usually occurs if the system is infected with a Virus or other Malware, or in the aftermath of Virus removal. Download http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/sharedaccess.reg (only for systems running Windows XP Service Pack 2) and save it to your Desktop. Then double-click the file to merge the contents to the registry. The Services entry will be created. Restart Windows (mandatory step, otherwise the following NETSH command will display an error message). After restarting Windows, run this from Command Prompt (cmd.exe) NETSH FIREWALL RESET Launch firewall applet from Control Panel, and then configure your Windows Firewall settings. If none of the above methods help, as a last-resort solution (before reinstalling Windows XP Service Pack 2), give these two commands a try. Click Start, Run and type: rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf Restart Windows, and then run this command (from Command Prompt): NETSH FIREWALL RESET Attempt to start Firewall applet. Start the Windows Firewall service when prompted. Hope it helps.. Please tell me what happened, OK? Thanks