AboutSean Oriyano Expertise I can answer questions relating to all aspects of Windows Networking from Windows 3.x up through and including Windows Server 2008.
Experience I am a certified Microsoft Instructor (MCT) who instructs for the US Military and Federal Government as well as numerous other organizations both public and private. I have worked with Microsoft and it's vendors developing official courseware on several products including Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Mobile, SharePoint, Exchange 2007 and other products.
Question Hi,
The problem started when I had a real bad storm a couple of weeks ago. I have a compaq presario and port where I plug my ethernet cord in does not blink and it tells me that it is unplugged, but I have a wireless router that is connected to the desktop and I can connect to my router on my laptop just fine. But I just can't get on the internet on the desktop. I tried plugging the modem directly to the computer and it still doesn't light up. I used new cables and still nothing. I used the help base program to uninstall the adapter card and reinstall it and still nothing. Please advise.
Thanks
Answer Hi Adrienne,
Sounds like you might have a damaged network card on your desktop, luckily those are pretty cheap to replace. I suggest you first try plugging the desktop in using a regular cable (if you have the card to see if that is OK. If that works you might just have a bad wireless card.
