Hey guys, I know computers pretty well, but i'm no guru to networking. My friend had a really slow running E-machine with 733 mhz processor and 64 megs or ram and working cable internet. I download adaware, ran that on full C:\ drive scan, cleared all those files, then did it with the smart scan thing. I ran msconfig and disabled maybe one or two startup things that didn't seem to belong. Finally things were running smooth and fast but now her cable internet doesn't work!
I got my laptop out and connected into the cable modem and had perfect fast internet, so it's definitly a setting on her computer. I have "Automatically obtain IP address" set, and i played around with it for a while but nothing helped. I even called her provider and they said if it's a computer problem they can't help. She's running windows ME which i know nothing about. Anyway, can I just uninstall the protocols and start all over? Someone please help me I felt so bad i let her borrow my new laptop but i need it back soon and she knows nothing i feel like i've wrecked her computer lol.
oh yea, i thought maybe i'd disabled something it needed in MS config start up so i even tried running it with all those started but still nothing.
I got my laptop out and connected into the cable modem and had perfect fast internet, so it's definitly a setting on her computer. I have "Automatically obtain IP address" set, and i played around with it for a while but nothing helped. I even called her provider and they said if it's a computer problem they can't help. She's running windows ME which i know nothing about. Anyway, can I just uninstall the protocols and start all over? Someone please help me I felt so bad i let her borrow my new laptop but i need it back soon and she knows nothing i feel like i've wrecked her computer lol.
oh yea, i thought maybe i'd disabled something it needed in MS config start up so i even tried running it with all those started but still nothing.