Hi —
I hope someone can help me. Here goes…
Part 1: The scenario:
I couldn’t see any of the other computers on my home network. From the other computers, I could see mine, though. I was puzzled, but after a couple of minutes, I just decided I should probably reboot. When I did, VISTA came up and my desktop displayed, but nothing else happened — wireless connection appeared as “not started”, McAfee didn’t initiate, no other startup programs initiated.
Part 2 — What I’ve tried:
I started VISTA in “Safe Mode with Networking” — everything works (well, everything that works in Safe mode). I can see the rest of my network, I can connect to the Internet (and send desperate questions to Tech Republic friends), McAfee Starts, etc. I think, “Cool, it was just a fluke.” Rebooted again — same problem. This time I
— went out to a command prompt and pinged yahoo.com. I got an immediate positive response.
— Checked Networking under Task Manager and saw that my wireless adapter was “connected”.
— tried to start several other programs, but to no avail (both internet dependent and standalone)
Rebooted in Safe Mode w/ Networking again, then:
— ran CCleaner for files and for registry.
— updated McAfee
— started trying to work
When I tried to start McAfee (still in Safe Mode), I got a message about an add-in causing a severe error. When I started Word, I got a similar message about a different add-in. I don’t know if that’s a clue or not. I was able to continue with both applications, whether I ignored the add-in or not.
I rebooted in normal mode one more time — same problem.
I rebooted in Safe Mode w/ Networking and sent this post.
I am on a Dell Inspirion 1521 laptop running Vista. 3G Memory. The only known change I made to my setup recently was to change to a new Wireless Network (no new adapter, just a new network). That’s been fine for two days, though — and I’m using it now, in Safe Mode.
Any suggestions of what to try next? I appreciate any helpful suggestions you can offer.
Thanks.
