How-To Geek

Hi,

I recently done a reinstall of Vista on my laptop. Since doing that I can no longer see my wireless adapter. I am assuming this is a driver issue but as I can't see the adapter in device manager I don't know what drivers to get to make it work. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

No I did not run a scan for hardware changes but I have done so now. Unfortunately still don't have network adapters showing in device manager.

The service is currently stopped and when I try and start it I get the following message - "the operation could not be completed Access is denied".

I am currently logged into the administrator's account and have the admin password (although I am not being asked for it).

Ran the Belarac Advisor scan - please see below for results:

Communications new

None discovered
Network Card MAC Address 00:00:00:00:00:00

Regarding the yellow flags:

under the heading other devices I have two yellow flags

1. ethernet controller
2. unknown device

Only had a USB drive plugged in but I could see that when I went to computer.

What drivers should I download for the ethernet card as I do not know what make or model it is?

You need to go to the computer manufacturer's web site and go to Support/downloads page. Put in your computer model and download the drivers for your computer's LAN adapter.

What model Advent ?

Not sure if I have done this right as it does not seem to be working yet. I think I have managed to install the network adaptor as the ethernet controller has gone from other devices, network devices has appeared and has SiS 191 Ethernet Controller listed there with no yellow flags. However, I am not able to see any networks, let alone connect to them.

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean as I am a bit of a noob when it comes to networks.

I can only see Broadband Connection PPPoE Connection but that is not the name of my network. Not sure what to do now.

Thanks for all the help so far by the way. :)