@Cobolt Options

[MonkeyFiend]

ok to get some idea of why t'internet is broked, we need some info...

1. What make is your wireless router?
2. on your computer, if you click start>run>type 'cmd' and press ok, then in the black screen type 'ipconfig' what is your IP address listed as?
3. Are you using any 3rd party programs to handle wirless e.g. netgear wireless utility or is it done through windows?

From this we can tell whether the computer is actually connecting to the wireless router....

4. click start>control panel>network connections>look for network connections* and open it (if you can't see it, select 'switch to classic view' on the left first. Next right-click on your wireless network adapter and select properties, then the wireless networks tab. Is your connection in the preferred connections list? if so click on it and select properties... what is the network authentication and data encryption set to?

5. Because that was a nerdy post, I'll finish on a bad joke.. how do you get pikachu on a bus?.......................................................... you poke-him-on (apologies)

ta,

Monkey

[=R6= Raile]

wireless sucks!

[fido77]

monkey's jokes suck!

[Cobolt]

My dad wrote this, hence the formality, and general good grammar XD

1. Linksys WRT54G
2. It's not - that's one of my problems.
It says "An internal error occurred: The request is not supported"
3. I've tried Windows Zero and the Linksys utility.
4. Nothing there - probably because I tried uninstalling the drivers to reload them.

Thanks in anticipation.

[MonkeyFiend]

cooo that's not your basic problem, that implies something is up with the network stack or similar.

Had any potential virus problems or similar?

Firstly you need to make sure the drivers for your wireless card/dongle are installed (you mentioned in point 4 you ununstalled them) - just make sure you can see the wireless device in device manager (in control panel/system) that theres somethign in there in the network adapters section and there are no exclamtions or question marks

have a look in:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

for a file called tcpip.sys (not tcpip6.sys), if it's there rename it tcpip.bak then head over to C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache and copy the tcpip.sys file to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

if that doesn't work you can grab a windows cd and

Click Start > Run, type CMD and click OK.

At the command line type (assuming main disk is C: and cd drive is D:)

expand D:\I386\TCPIP.SY_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\TCPIP.SYS

Reboot the computer.

I can't think of any more pokemon jokes to finish this post on. sorry.

[Edit: wait thought of one... how do you make a pikablu?
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Make pikachu hold its breath! /apologies]

[Cobolt]

Wow, monkey, your some kind of weezard!
My dad tried the first suggestion (the tcpip one) and no luck with that. We ran a couple of virus checkers yesterday, and they didnt come up with anything, so no help there =P
Its getting late now, so my dad's going to try the other things whenever he can (probs weekend)
But cheers for all the suggestions, and hopefully i'll be back screaming into your ear in no time XD
Oh, and i'm loving the pokemon jokes. I can tell your searching the internetz for them. Here's a creepy one so you dont sleep tonight:

Why did the pokemon trainer hide under your bed?
So he could pikachu in the night!

[MonkeyFiend]

cool, well good luck with it... if you're still having problems reseting the XP winsock might fix it:

open a command prompt, click Start and then click Run. Copy and paste (or type) the following command in the Open box and then press ENTER:
cmd

At the command prompt, copy and paste (or type) the following command and then press ENTER:

netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

Reboot and try again

thx,

MonkeyFiend

On a pokemon theme

[Lawpf2001]

if its any help i have a ASUS internal wirless card which i no longer used. Used that with my PC before i got cabled to my router

[Magik5]

open a command prompt, click Start and then click Run. Copy and paste (or type) the following command in the Open box and then press ENTER:
cmd

lol wtf is that shit

nice pikabum

[Cobolt]

Question: The comp i'm on now is technically not mine, but if I installed steam + L4D on it, could I use my account and play on here? Assuming of course it can support the graphics/other techno babble.

[Magik5]

yeh, steam will ask you to login, so just log in... youll have to reinstall the games to the machine tho, but you shouldnt have any issues

[Magik6]

Yeah thats what I did when I went to rob's before he bought the game, just logged onto my steam and downloadedn it.

[MonkeyFiend]

yes

[Cobolt]

Sweet, i'll do that now XD

Edit: OMG I HATE COMPUTERS. Ok - I went onto the steam website, clicked the download button. it asked me to save a file (steaminstal.msi) I saved it on to my desktop. After opening it via this shortcut, it told be 'another version of thsi product is already installed' and that it cant install but if i delete the existing version, I will be able to install. I did a quick search of my compuet from an already installed steam, and found nothing but the .msi files. Sooooo i went to add/remove programs, and found Steam™. I clicked remove... buuuuuuut it says the feature i am trying to remove is on a CD-ROM that is not avalable. But i used no CD at any point =P
Then, I tried to install L4D straight from the CD, but after the screen loads (with 'install' 'tech. support' and 'exit') and I click install... nothing happens!! It makes a noise (like the cd drive opening and closing) but nothing else...

Why do the gaming gods hate me sooo!

[MonkeyFiend]

# Navigate to your Steam installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files\Steam or C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam)

* If you wish to keep your saved games and downloaded multiplayer content for a future installation of Steam, move your \steamapps\ folder to your desktop

# Delete the contents of the Steam installation directory
# Go to Start, select Run, and enter regedit
# In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Valve\
# Right-click on the Steam subdirectory and select Delete
# In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam
# Right-click on the Steam subdirectory and select Delete


That should get rid of steam... you should then be able to run the new installer

[Cobolt]

I have neither Steam nor Valve in program files =(
Edit: Just searched this comp for Valve as well, and nothing useful came up

[MonkeyFiend]

well that might be a good thing - if the files have been removed (probably by someone deleting the directories) but the registry keys are left behind (to cause trouble)

[Cobolt]

Ok, just got rid of those steam files. I'll try again now...
*sigh* Same message! I rechecked those HKEY places again, and the Valve folders are definitly gone. I've got no idea why it thinks steam is installed....

[Cobolt]

Hi, I tried "expand D:\I386\TCPIP.SY_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\TCPIP.SYS" but it didn't help.
I then tried "netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt" and rebooted.
Sadly, "ipconfig /all" still returns "An internal error occurred. The request is not supported.... Unable to query host name".

I appreciate your help here.

[Cobolt]

Sorry for the double post, my dad appently needs me around to tell him not to double click.... =D