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January 4th 08, 05:27 PM
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Internet problem
Recently, my older laptop crashed and I could not access the Internet. Being
as I am a college student, I cannot function without network capability. I bought my new computer, which has Vista (and I'm not familiar with it). So I got it home and tried to install my SBC Yahoo wireless internet. The network is fine but the USB adapter device can't be recognized. I went on the device support page and installed the driver information and it still won't work. Am I the only one out there with this problem? 
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January 4th 08, 07:10 PM
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You should setup the connection not only the net. adapter
"Alliebear" wrote in message ... Recently, my older laptop crashed and I could not access the Internet. Being as I am a college student, I cannot function without network capability. I bought my new computer, which has Vista (and I'm not familiar with it). So I got it home and tried to install my SBC Yahoo wireless internet. The network is fine but the USB adapter device can't be recognized. I went on the device support page and installed the driver information and it still won't work. Am I the only one out there with this problem?
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January 4th 08, 08:06 PM
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Please explain what you mean by "setup the connection." As far as I know, I
already did that. "Marius Farcas" wrote: You should setup the connection not only the net. adapter "Alliebear" wrote in message ... Recently, my older laptop crashed and I could not access the Internet. Being as I am a college student, I cannot function without network capability. I bought my new computer, which has Vista (and I'm not familiar with it). So I got it home and tried to install my SBC Yahoo wireless internet. The network is fine but the USB adapter device can't be recognized. I went on the device support page and installed the driver information and it still won't work. Am I the only one out there with this problem?
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January 4th 08, 11:38 PM
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If you see the adapter in Device Manager then you should take the next step
to configure connection. As you described you can't see the device. This problem is due to an IRQ conflict (check Run msinfo32/ Hardware Resources/Conflict/Sharing) witch should be very strange for Vista (because is a PnP OS). You should check in BIOS if USB ports are enabled. Let me know if that helped ...  "Alliebear" wrote in message ... Please explain what you mean by "setup the connection." As far as I know, I already did that. "Marius Farcas" wrote: You should setup the connection not only the net. adapter "Alliebear" wrote in message ... Recently, my older laptop crashed and I could not access the Internet. Being as I am a college student, I cannot function without network capability. I bought my new computer, which has Vista (and I'm not familiar with it). So I got it home and tried to install my SBC Yahoo wireless internet. The network is fine but the USB adapter device can't be recognized. I went on the device support page and installed the driver information and it still won't work. Am I the only one out there with this problem?
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January 5th 08, 05:24 PM
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Alliebear wrote:
Recently, my older laptop crashed and I could not access the Internet. Being as I am a college student, I cannot function without network capability. I bought my new computer, which has Vista (and I'm not familiar with it). So I got it home and tried to install my SBC Yahoo wireless internet. The network is fine but the USB adapter device can't be recognized. I went on the device support page and installed the driver information and it still won't work. Am I the only one out there with this problem? Try this: remove the adapter, wait a minute, then replug it. You might have to do this several times until Vista wakes up and recognizes that a new device is plugged. Vista has significant problems with its USB port management (and SP1-RC is no help). Once it is identified, install the driver at that point, since Vista will probably have failed to realize the driver has been previously installed. Q
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January 5th 08, 05:56 PM
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I have tried your suggestion with no luck yet, but I will keep trying. If I
am unsuccessful tomorrow, I will get back to you again. "Quaoar" wrote: Alliebear wrote: Recently, my older laptop crashed and I could not access the Internet. Being as I am a college student, I cannot function without network capability. I bought my new computer, which has Vista (and I'm not familiar with it). So I got it home and tried to install my SBC Yahoo wireless internet. The network is fine but the USB adapter device can't be recognized. I went on the device support page and installed the driver information and it still won't work. Am I the only one out there with this problem? Try this: remove the adapter, wait a minute, then replug it. You might have to do this several times until Vista wakes up and recognizes that a new device is plugged. Vista has significant problems with its USB port management (and SP1-RC is no help). Once it is identified, install the driver at that point, since Vista will probably have failed to realize the driver has been previously installed. Q
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January 5th 08, 06:00 PM
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BIOS says my USB ports are enabled. My other USB devices are working just
fine. Do you think it is a hardware issue that I need to contact my ISP about? "Marius Farcas" wrote: If you see the adapter in Device Manager then you should take the next step to configure connection. As you described you can't see the device. This problem is due to an IRQ conflict (check Run msinfo32/ Hardware Resources/Conflict/Sharing) witch should be very strange for Vista (because is a PnP OS). You should check in BIOS if USB ports are enabled. Let me know if that helped ... "Alliebear" wrote in message ... Please explain what you mean by "setup the connection." As far as I know, I already did that. "Marius Farcas" wrote: You should setup the connection not only the net. adapter "Alliebear" wrote in message ... Recently, my older laptop crashed and I could not access the Internet. Being as I am a college student, I cannot function without network capability. I bought my new computer, which has Vista (and I'm not familiar with it). So I got it home and tried to install my SBC Yahoo wireless internet. The network is fine but the USB adapter device can't be recognized. I went on the device support page and installed the driver information and it still won't work. Am I the only one out there with this problem?
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