[thinkshebrokeit]

Thats right. I finally managed to reinstall windows vista onto my laptop.

The original concern was that after an IE8 update my laptop could no longer access web pages and chat clients, despite being connected to the internet and being able to PING websites like Google and MSN with the Command Prompt. However, somewhere in the install, my wireless went missing. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but it's just not there anymore.

I'm running a Toshbia Satellite A130/A135 series with Windows Vista Home Basic and on the very front of the laptop there's a little switch that enables and disables the wireless function. I've switched it on and off and I get nothing. No wireless signals detected. Then again, no wireless modem or router detected either. I'm not sure what's going on here, but the light is on, meaning the device should be able to track down our connection, but I'm getting nothing. HELP!?

 

[joeten]

Hi have you checked in device manager for any error flags yellow ! or red Xs

 

[thinkshebrokeit]

Bah! Good call. I completely forgot to check that. And yes. The: Ethernet Controller. Has a yellow flag.

Every attempt to correct this results in failure: Reinstallation, Update, Disable.

Suggestion, might I find a downloadable fix and thumbdrive it from the functioning desktop to my gimpy-laptop?

 

[Old Rich]

You can go to the Tishiba support site and download the drivers:

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp?nav=Download

 

[thinkshebrokeit]

Haha! You beat me to my edit. Thanks, I'll see if this works.