Networking Help Please, Detects but can't find wireless networks

[Ashkerdoodles]

I had recently done some work on my laptop, my friend had put two windows on my computer because i was having a lot of problems. So i was slowly transfered from one windows to the other (I was moving and he didn't have time to format it). It was working really well, i had the internet, but not the right service packs to get messengers working. So i went and installed them, and shortly after that i noticed that my computer would detect networks but no longer display them.
It was alright for a little while, i wasn't taking my lap top anywhere but home, and it was still connecting to my home even though it wouldn't display it. but when i started leaving the house with it and counldn't connect to any networks because I wouldn't see them, I was starting to get aggitated. So I over wrote the drivers with the original ones I had saved and ones downloaded from the website, nothing. I uninstalled them, then reinstalled them, nothing. I actually lost my home network because it couldn't remember it. So no internet on my laptop now. I tried to manually 'set up networks'. It detects the signal, actually picks up the signal, but says there's no connectivity, when i ask it to repair, it says it can't renew my IP. It still detects the networks but it won't show them to me, and if i connect the internet directly to my laptop it works, but that doesn't really help. All the other laptop are connecting to the internet, so it's my laptop. I got rid of the other windows on my laptop, so i can't double check if that one is still working.
Is my only option formatting and I hope that works? Or is there anything you can suggest? Here are my specs:
ISP: Cogeco
Digital BroadBand by RCA Model #: dcm425
D-Link WIRELESS Router Di-624
I don't know about the connection type, but there is a password on it
I use XP on all the computers
And my browers is Explorer
my laptop is my HP Pavillion zd8000

Thank you,

Ashley

Here is the DOS Stuff:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.ASHY-F10DA5324E>PING 206.190.60.37

Pinging 206.190.60.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 206.190.60.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.ASHY-F10DA5324E>PING yahoo.com
Ping request could not find host yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again.


C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.ASHY-F10DA5324E>NBTSTAT -n

Local Area Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

Wireless Network Connection 3:
Node IpAddress: [169.254.205.127] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
ASHKERDOODLES <00> UNIQUE Registered
ASHKERDOODLES <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.ASHY-F10DA5324E>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ashkerdoodles
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-68-C8-2F

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-13-4A-E6
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.205.127
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.ASHY-F10DA5324E>

[johnwill]

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2/SP3.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands:

Note: Type only the text in bold for the following commands.

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, type: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot the machine.

[Ashkerdoodles]

Thanks, but it still didn't work, i didn't have anything pop up saying there was an error. I restarted the computer after the winsock as it prompted me to. still no wireless network visible.

any more suggestions?

[Ashkerdoodles]

Can somebody please help? my problem still hasn't been resolved

[johnwill]

Does this connect using a wired connection? If so, have you disabled all encryption and MAC filtering on the wireless router to see if that allows a connection?

[Ashkerdoodles]

I'm honestly not sure if it does or doesn't. It seems to know it's there when I manually tell it to find it, and it will 'connect' it just always has limited or no connectivity. That still wouldn't explain why it let's it connect to the internet on my sisters laptop nor why it did connect me up until I uninstalled the driver.
I could try disabling it, if you tell me how, but that doesn't solve my problem. As soon as i leave the house with it, it won't be able to identify any other networks.

[johnwill]

I'll repeat, does it connect using a wired connection?

[Ashkerdoodles]

If i plug in directly into the router with the blue cable, yes. If that's what you mean.

[johnwill]

That's what I mean.

Are you saying that you can't connect to any wireless networks with this machine, including wireless hotspots that have no encryption?

[Ashkerdoodles]

Nope, can't connect to any wireless. just straight into the modem. I could until i unistalled my internet driver, but it was just connecting to the 'pre-programmed' in ones (ones i had been on and already had passwords to). It will detect the networks, but will display none of them.

[johnwill]

I think I'd install the latest version of the wireless drivers for the machine. Also, are you using WZC or a 3rd party wireless client to manage the wireless network?


Check your Services are Started on all PCs:

• COM+ Event System (for WZC issues)
• Computer Browser
• DHCP Client
• DNS Client
• Network Connections
• Network Location Awareness
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Server
• TCP/IP Netbios helper
• Windows Zero Configuration (wireless configurations)
• Workstation

Note: You can check the services in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.

All of these services should be started, and their startup type should be automatic (or perhaps manual).