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    Question Laptop keeps dropping Internet connection refuses to reconnect wi-fi light goes off.

    Thanks for the advice. Next time it drops the connection I'll get the screwdriver out. It's working again for the time being. I removed the battery and now it connects seemingly np. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it continues to do so.
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    Question Laptop keeps dropping Internet connection refuses to reconnect wi-fi light goes off.

    Hi Everybody I'm using Windows 7 and the machine is a Packard Bell Easy Note TM80. All is well and then for no apparent reason my Internet just stops working. There's a wi-fi light on the keyboard that goes off and it just refuses to reconnect. When I look it can't find any wi-fi networks...
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    Question Laptop keeps dropping Internet connection refuses to reconnect wi-fi light goes off.

    Hi Everybody I'm using Windows 7 btw. All is well and then for no apparent reason my Internet just stops working. There's a wi-fi light on the keyboard that goes off and it just refuses to reconnect. When I look it can't find any wi-fi networks (not even neighbours) and it says the network...
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    How do I edit the System.ini file

    Hi Everybody A friend gave me a laptop which had stopped working (Dell Inspiron 1525) . Says that if I can fix then it's mine. When I powered it up it failed to boot giving an error message saying the registry was corrupted. So I thought I should just install a new OS. I had an old copy of 98...