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    What the Hell have I done?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by skester, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. skester

    skester Newbie

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    So I wanted to load Vista on to my laptop. I have it running on my desktop pc, no problems there. The diagnostic said it could run perfectly happily on my F3 as well.

    I have been running my broadband connection previously through the one adsl gateway, connected to the laptop via usl and the desktop via ethernet.

    When I loaded up Vista, no problems. I put the F3 drivers cd in and loaded all the essential ones. I ran the driver cd for my broadband gateway. Again no worries. Connected to the internet fine.

    For about half an hour.

    It's been four days now, I have to restart everything and rerun the broadband setup every time I want the laptop with Vista to connect to the internet, and then it inexplicably disconnects again. The desktop PC is running fine, no problems, as it's always done.

    What on earth have I done?

    If anyone out there has any advice I would be most appreciative, it's driving me up the wall not being able to work it out.
     
    skester, Mar 19, 2009
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  2. Tinselworm

    Tinselworm Notebook Deity

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    i actually see no reason why people, even these days, insist on installing the drivers for their routers and modems. this is completely pointless!
     
    Tinselworm, Mar 19, 2009
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  3. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    I think he wants you to remove your modem/router drivers ....
     
    gerryf19, Mar 19, 2009
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  4. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    Agree

    Either let windows automatically find a set up the connection
    Or manually set up the network settings

    Alex
     
    Alex, Mar 19, 2009
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