TECHNOlogically retarded. PLEASE HELP!
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Okay for serious dude, check and make sure all the cables are plugged into your computer right as well as the modem. What kind of router/modem are you using and have you tried just restarting the computer?
Also, what computer are you on the internet with now, and why not just use it to download any drivers you may need, put them on a flash drive and use that to install on your PC?
Finally go to your network connections page, you should be able to access it from your start menu or control panel. Check to see if your computer is even recognizing the connection or the modem and if it is, check out the properties, run some scans and see if the computer can repair it. If none of that works just try and call your internet provider and have them walk you through the steps of getting online.
Also, what computer are you on the internet with now, and why not just use it to download any drivers you may need, put them on a flash drive and use that to install on your PC?
Finally go to your network connections page, you should be able to access it from your start menu or control panel. Check to see if your computer is even recognizing the connection or the modem and if it is, check out the properties, run some scans and see if the computer can repair it. If none of that works just try and call your internet provider and have them walk you through the steps of getting online.
No of course it's not valid, it was a small joke, what the hell is your problem with everyone, it's not their fault that you can't drive Windows XP.
EDIT: that's @ soperg. Obviously.
EDIT: that's @ soperg. Obviously.
ah, you see my strong dislike for humanity, huh? ya that comes from dealing with morons all my life and losing far more than half my day to this and going no further than i started. also, i make jokes too dude, why does everyone take me so damned seriously? im trying to lighten up a little. i just don't like grammar nazi's and people who make ill-advised comments is all.Mikester1290 said:
First you need to get an internet service provider and start paying for internet. They give you a modem (little box) to connect your computer and phone line to which magically gives you internet.
Assuming I read wrong and you're past all these stages, explain more about the moden and internet service provider.
Assuming I read wrong and you're past all these stages, explain more about the moden and internet service provider.
Im just sitting here on the sidelines, and I have to ask, is that helping? The yelling at random people on the internet?soperg said:
Because it seems that people are being dicks to you because you're being a dick to them, and you're being a dick to them because they are being a dick to you. Someone has to break the cycle here.
Also, if I read you OP correctly, you had the computer for 2 years, and now you're trying to hook it up to the internet?
Well, I'm sure you're not calling us guys morons, of course. Also I think you meant your strong dislike for stuff that doesn't just work like how you want it too.soperg said:
"Hey guys, I just got this old peice of shit off my grups, and it dont work?"
- Does NOT listen to advice -
"I hate people! cos my XP still don't work Durrrrrrrrrrr!"
(forum person) "oh, well try this then, blar blar"
"TROLL RAGE! SMASH! GRRRR!"
Oh hang on a minute, this sounds like you soperg.
i'm being mean to these many incompetent fools because they asked invalid questions, the one's whom have asked useful questions that were NOT addressed in the opening thread i have been very kind to, such as you. also people whom are making COMPLETELY unrelated comments, such as the grammar nazi's/trolls.WanderingFool said:
And now you're blaming others?soperg said:
Let's examine the times that you've engaged the AWESOME switch, shall we?
Chances are, though, that your parents used a different modem/router than you if they used the internet on that "FUCKING THING" before you were born.soperg said:
Verdict: Your fault
That doesn't even make sense...soperg said:
Verdict: Your fault
I don't know what you were thinking when you came to this forum, but as far as I know people here aren't psychic.soperg said:
Verdict: Your fault
We don't know if you have money, and a simple "I can't afford it" would have sufficed. We don't need to know your life story.soperg said:
Verdict: Your fault
From what I can tell, all the yelling has been due to your irritability.
So please, tell me where the provocative idiots are hiding?
condescendence, i sense it, also, i don't think of everyone as an idiot, only those whom give the inattentive attitude. if they read the the opening thread i wouldn't have to, how you say it: TROLL SMASH!Mikester1290 said:
i've actually done everything these people have suggested and have shown acceptance to the valid points sprinkled amongst them. also: it works fine. its just the internet im having problem with. i only hate everything about the computer connected to the internet the computer itself works at the minimum requirements i ask of it. i just want the internet to work so i can email my teachers my assignments because i can't exactly walk to their house 10 miles away or however far away they live (distance not being the problem, creepy stalker behavior being it.) and drop it into their mailboxes. i only rage on those whom give me the impression of idiocy.
you're kidding me with the before i was born thing right? they owned it before i was born, do you seriously think they'd wait 22 YEARS with this thing in the closet to give it to me?!?!?!? they've been using it and upgrading it since. man your logic sucks beyond belief. ALTHOUGH you make a fine enough point with my anger issues and after 9 hours of dealing with thi im sure you'd need a therapist too. im trying to hold onto my sanity after talking on my phone for 3 hours so im entitled to being in a raging mood. tyvm.armageddon74400 said:
Macs have standardized hardware, thus the same drivers in every Mac of a certain model. It's the same reason you shouldn't have an issue with a brand new brand-name PC. As it is, assuming it's not a brand name, you might need to find and install drivers.soperg said:
Also, I know you said you checked everything, but you might want to make absolutely sure the network adaptor is completely in it's slot. These things shift over time. Not a lot, but on an older computer it could be just enough to make it not work.
This sounds like a standard problem I have had with vista and my first laptop which had XP on it.soperg said:
Go to Control Panel
Network connections
Right click Local area Connection>Properties
it's either internet protocol 4 or 6 either way >Properties
select []Obtain BLABLABLA Address Automatically
If you have trouble looking for network connections via control panel, locate your network and sharing center and select a tab for manage network connections, this will take you where you need to be.
and before you ask internet protocol 4 and six should all be obtain [insert here] address automatically
This thread has turned into a troll smash thread more than a help the noob thread.
Have you tried going into internet explorer settings, Tools, Internet options, connections tab, click on LAN settings, then enable the "automaticly detect settings" box?
Grammar Nazis bog off, I've had enough beers to not care about it, it's 3 am here.
Have you tried going into internet explorer settings, Tools, Internet options, connections tab, click on LAN settings, then enable the "automaticly detect settings" box?
Grammar Nazis bog off, I've had enough beers to not care about it, it's 3 am here.