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Thread ID: 50382 2004-10-19 01:26:00 internet connection not working k8smum (6062) Press F1
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282567 2004-10-19 01:26:00 Hi. I apologise in advance for my explanation of this problem as I have no technical knowledge at all. Anyhow, since Sunday last I have been unable to connect to the 'net through one of my PC's here at home. Every time I try, I get "The page cannot be displayed" and the associated text that goes with that message. As far as I am aware, nothing has been altered settings-wise - I am the only one who has used the machine recently. I have a cable connection through a Netgear router. The other two machines on the network connect to the 'net no trouble at all. I have compared settings and cannot spot anything obvious. In the few weeks prior to the machine going "off the air" altogther, I did have to try to connect more than once. Sometimes it took 4 or 5 tries before I managed to connect to the Internet. I appreciare any suggestions about the possible cause/fix. Thanks. k8smum (6062)
282568 2004-10-19 01:58:00 Have you checked to see if your Network Card is still working, it may have died
Have a look under Device Manager, is there a yellow exclaimation mark over it?
Also go into Network properties & make sure no one has disabled the connection
45South (4769)
282569 2004-10-19 03:29:00 maybe you have tried this but have you done a virus, spyware scan?, have you tried system restore?? Prescott (11)
282570 2004-10-19 04:14:00 All seems to be in order as far as network card/connection is concerned. I'm doing a virus-check at the moment. I would do a system restore if I knew how (?) :( k8smum (6062)
282571 2004-10-19 04:21:00 > I would do a system restore if I knew
> how (?) :(

And we would happly advise on a system Restore, assuming that its actually possible.

All we know at the moment is that you have a PC, but no idea of what version of Windows (or even if it actually is Windows...) that it uses.

Restore is only possible on XP and ME versions of Windows.
:)
godfather (25)
282572 2004-10-19 04:31:00 You may have disabled your Network Ethernet card. Check the NIC settings again and make sure that it is enabled.

Good luck
bk T (215)
282573 2004-10-19 04:31:00 Running Win XP Pro SP1 (sorry for not saying so earlier). k8smum (6062)
282574 2004-10-19 04:39:00 system restore: start, all programs,accessories,system tools,system restore.

try and remember when it last worked good, and restore back to that time. if there is a restore point........
Prescott (11)
282575 2004-10-19 06:29:00 What a wonderful thing System Restore is. Thanks guys. All okay (for now, anyway). k8smum (6062)
282576 2004-10-19 06:43:00 so it worked???:D Prescott (11)
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