DSL Westell 6100 help i think

TroubleMaker · 07-18-2006, 10:37 AM

Hi every1....

Like my nick says i try to fix something but something else gets broken

so here i go.....

Evrething was working fine but my pc was running slow so i had the gr8 idea of turning off some pc services

when i was in the midle of doing so aol said good bye!! and the icon turned grey with an X on it...sound went away...desktop view got mess up...well all kind of things went wrong....went back to services and turn all back on to automatic..just in case i didn't wanna miss anything ....everything went back to normal if you can call it normal....but no internet....all lights are green on the dsl modem...tried to reinstall dsl modem but when it comes to the part where it has to comunicate nothing happens..tells me to check for conexions all that stuff....when it gives a choice to check ehternet or usb... ethernet some times has an X on can't select it.
sooooo any ideas will be VERY helpful....thx all

whardman · 07-18-2006, 11:38 AM

First thing I would do is try a System Resore.

TroubleMaker · 07-19-2006, 09:44 AM

system restore was turned off...thought of that....DHCP was disabled...got it back active and it looks like is gonna work...ethernet light blinks when i turn on my pc and the internet light blinks 2..wasn't doing that b4....also when i do a ipconfig it gives me an ip..didn't get that b4...i think i need aol cuz some ip fields show the ? sign and since i got dsl with aol i'm missing an ISP....I have to reinstall aol cuz i deleted to start fresh but i forgot i cleaned my desk and got rid of aol set up disck

.....will post as soon as i get aol back and see if that's what i'm missing.

TroubleMaker · 07-20-2006, 05:17 AM

ok..pc working again

..and as soon as i got it to work i did a restore point

.....now...does any1 knows of a trusted site where i can safely turn off services?

cuz i got like 63 processes going on since almost everything is on automatic..use to have 39 or 40...another thing is flash player is not working... installed flash player from 0 but nothing.

whardman · 07-20-2006, 05:34 AM

http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html
http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm

Here are a couple of web sites that list the services and whether they should be automatic, manual, or disabled. Leave anything not on these lists as is.

TroubleMaker · 07-20-2006, 07:26 AM

Let me tell you i use tech forums a lot but this is the first one that i got ppl responding so fast...so i know where to get answers now

.....Thx a lot!!!

TroubleMaker · 07-21-2006, 05:20 AM

Ok...used that 2 links switched some stuff around and pc still working so...thanx very much...i'm all set

07-18-2006, 10:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
TroubleMaker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 17 OS: XP Home	DSL Westell 6100 help i think Hi every1.... Like my nick says i try to fix something but something else gets broken so here i go..... Evrething was working fine but my pc was running slow so i had the gr8 idea of turning off some pc services when i was in the midle of doing so aol said good bye!! and the icon turned grey with an X on it...sound went away...desktop view got mess up...well all kind of things went wrong....went back to services and turn all back on to automatic..just in case i didn't wanna miss anything ....everything went back to normal if you can call it normal....but no internet....all lights are green on the dsl modem...tried to reinstall dsl modem but when it comes to the part where it has to comunicate nothing happens..tells me to check for conexions all that stuff....when it gives a choice to check ehternet or usb... ethernet some times has an X on can't select it. sooooo any ideas will be VERY helpful....thx all

07-18-2006, 11:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
whardman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 617 OS: Windows XP My System	First thing I would do is try a System Resore.

07-19-2006, 09:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
TroubleMaker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 17 OS: XP Home	system restore was turned off...thought of that....DHCP was disabled...got it back active and it looks like is gonna work...ethernet light blinks when i turn on my pc and the internet light blinks 2..wasn't doing that b4....also when i do a ipconfig it gives me an ip..didn't get that b4...i think i need aol cuz some ip fields show the ? sign and since i got dsl with aol i'm missing an ISP....I have to reinstall aol cuz i deleted to start fresh but i forgot i cleaned my desk and got rid of aol set up disck .....will post as soon as i get aol back and see if that's what i'm missing.

07-20-2006, 05:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
TroubleMaker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 17 OS: XP Home	ok..pc working again ..and as soon as i got it to work i did a restore point .....now...does any1 knows of a trusted site where i can safely turn off services? cuz i got like 63 processes going on since almost everything is on automatic..use to have 39 or 40...another thing is flash player is not working... installed flash player from 0 but nothing.

07-20-2006, 05:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
whardman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 617 OS: Windows XP My System	http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm Here are a couple of web sites that list the services and whether they should be automatic, manual, or disabled. Leave anything not on these lists as is.

07-20-2006, 07:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
TroubleMaker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 17 OS: XP Home	Let me tell you i use tech forums a lot but this is the first one that i got ppl responding so fast...so i know where to get answers now .....Thx a lot!!!

07-21-2006, 05:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
TroubleMaker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 17 OS: XP Home	Ok...used that 2 links switched some stuff around and pc still working so...thanx very much...i'm all set