Replies to post #32800 on Computer Learning (HELP)

[Zorax]

Use the laptop, at your age a desktop will give you a hernia.

[excel]

If you don't have a fancy pants trading program just needing a laptop to send emails, surf the web, get yourself a chrome book for $179.00 right now at Walmart.

My puppy chewed my power cord of my other laptop I was running chrome on so took a chance on that new one and it works great.
Very fast.

[Stocks4John]

Is it possible your wifi switch got turned off on your computers?

[Stocks4John]

Another thing you could try is unplugging your router from the wall socket and wait a minute and then plug it back in.

[sharpshorts]

You can also try using a regular CAT 5 cable - plug one end to your laptop and the other end directly into your service provider's modem (this will by-pass any router you may be using and help identify if the router is your problem).
Windows 'should' automatically find and configure this 'LAN' connection and set it up for you...(reboot a couple times, sometimes Windows is stubborn or it gets stuck in a false loop...)

If you still don't get a connection to the internet, the problem probably lies within the laptop, either a bad NIC card or the drivers are bad or are missing.
Also, if you are using Windows Homegroup, it can cause problems too. Try "leaving the homegroup" on Control Panel's Network and Internet page.

A last thing to try is to bring your laptop to a friend's house (or somewhere you know has a working Wi-Fi signal) and try connecting there...if that works, the problem lies with the cable company's equipment or cabling at your house (If you have DSL, the same thing would apply to the installation at your house)

[Stocks4John]

You might try this:
To turn off "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"

a. Open device manager from Control Panel.

b. Expand network adapters.

c. Right click on the wireless network adapter component and click on properties.

d. Switch to the Power Management tab.

e. Click to clear "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"

f. Save changes and then close device manager.