:cry: hi
i just bought a brand new compaq presario sr1850nx. here are the specs:
amd athlon 64 3700+
1 gb of RAM
250 GB HDD
Windows XP MCE 2005/SP2
D-Link dwl-g132 wireless usb adapter
smc wireless g router
so i plugged in the usb adapter for the wireless...followed the instructions...and then this error message popped up: please upgrade to service pack 1 with this one update i cannot remember (but i can find it if needed) so i thought i have sp2 so its all good so i continued the installation...everything went fine for the first week and then i tried to forward a port...didnt work so well so i un-did all of that...but now i cannot access the internet on that computer!! i can connect to the wireless router...but not the internet...my laptop from which i am typing this can get on fine and so can the other computer...but i simply cannot do it on the compaq...i can open google then i try to go to another site but it just gives me a cannot display page error...:cry: and i need that computer for school...and firefox just displays a blank page...the connection troubleshooter tells me its a problem with the winsocks provider or something so i let it try to fix it but it wont work...i have no idea whats going on here and i cannot fix it myself with the limited knowledge of computers i have...:rolleyes: ...i have browsed other forums to no avail and i have tried everything from virus scans to reinstalling the wireless adapter...somebody please help??:sad:
colin8910