windows xp not responding some time after being online

4 Aug 2006 11:38 PM

Ursanu

Hello !

Please help me I am desperate !

I am connecting to the internet through a wireless LAN connection which
doesn't work wonders (sometimes the signal strenght is weak).

Soon after installing the drivers of it and pluggin in the usb adaptor I
noticed that my computer stopped responding.The only thing responding was the
reset button.Ctrl-alt-delete doesn't change anything,unplugging the usb
adaptor either.The first couple of times this happened the signal strenght
was so weak that I didn't actually get to connect to the internet.I was just
attempting to.

I unppluged the usb adaptor and the computer didn't block anymore.
This began to happen the day I installed the drivers of the lan card and
plugged in the usb adaptor.

I have reinstalled the drivers several times and the problem persists.I
scanned my computer for viruses and spyware,nothing found.The
computer(pentium II)works just fine when I am connecting through dial-up.I
have closed all the programs open (firewall,antivirus and
others),nothing.When I connected from other computers in my house through the
wireless connection and no problems arised.

This continues to happen to the present moment (I am actually saving the
text cause I don't know when it'll strike again and I don't want to retype

:)).It really bugs me because I already lost a lot of data I was in the

middle of downloading when xp died again.This is not happening only when I
download something,It happens even when I don;t use my computer.

Please tell me you have the solution to this problem...I am reaching a dead
end here.

P.S:sorry if my explanation isn't accurate enough,I am not english and I'm
not a IT wiz either :)

Thanks !

6 Aug 2006 5:39 PM

Hans-Georg Michna

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 16:38:01 -0700, Ursanu wrote:

>I am connecting to the internet through a wireless LAN connection which
>doesn't work wonders (sometimes the signal strenght is weak).
>
>Soon after installing the drivers of it and pluggin in the usb adaptor I
>noticed that my computer stopped responding.The only thing responding was the
>reset button.Ctrl-alt-delete doesn't change anything,unplugging the usb
>adaptor either.The first couple of times this happened the signal strenght
>was so weak that I didn't actually get to connect to the internet.I was just
>attempting to.
>
>I unppluged the usb adaptor and the computer didn't block anymore.
>This began to happen the day I installed the drivers of the lan card and
>plugged in the usb adaptor.

Ursanu,

my first guess is poor or defective hardware. Who is the maker?
The USB port could also be defective.

Once you've solved that, visit http://winhlp.com/ for more
advice.

Hans-Georg

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