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  1. Posts : 17,322
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       #331

    Yeah, it is post 324 Bill.

    Slartybart said:
    Britton30: The link in "this post" doesn't work for me. A post # would be great.
    https://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/317862-reformat-gone-bad-please-help.html#post2655341

    I suspect that "this post" links to post# 324 with a screenshot showing pretty much what we're going to do.

    2xg has the two DNS Server addresses in the image that are agreed upon.



    Britton30 said:
    I just spoke to 2xg (Rayda) and she has requested to follow this post until she can resume later today. Hold off anything else at this time please. She is in the Pacific time zone so is 2 hours difference from you arayfo1.

    Also keep in mind Rayda works from home while helping in SF.
    2xg said:
    You're Welcome arayfo1.....

    Thanks Dennis (THW)

    Tomorrow when you wake up try to assign these IPs on both your wired and wireless connections using the IPv4 settings. I have attached a snip of what exactly you have to manually typed in. For the second connection (wireless) the only thing that you'd change on the IP Address instead of 11, change that to 12. You may also use 13, 14 or 15 if available in your network.

    I'll shut down for tonight and will check the progress of this Thread tomorrow. If assigning Static IPs didn't work, there will be a lot more troubleshooting ahead of us, i.e. sfc/scannow, chkdsk, possible access to your router settings and fiddle with it, etc....but let's not worry about this for right now.
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  2. Posts : 276
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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       #332

    Update:

    I assigned IP addresses for both ethernet and wireless adapters. I restarted the pc and still could not connect. I wanted to cover my bases, so I made sure that I assigned IP addresses to one wireless driver and then to the other wireless driver since I am still not 100% certain which driver (I downloaded both drivers from the Acer support site) I should be using. Still could not connect.

    I mentioned to my parents that I am not certain I have the right wireless driver and my mom suddenly remembered that she still has the disc (with drivers) for the wireless adapter I am currently using, which is an old school receiver that came with our old Linksys router which has since been replaced. I'm still not sure if I should condemn the wireless adapter, because it seemed to be compatible as it worked perfectly fine before reformatting my pc. So from the device manager I unistalled both the ethernet and wireless driver. I then powered down both pc's and turned off all power bars so that the router/modem could also power down. I restarted pc and then installed the disc for the Linksys wireless adapter and installed the driver. I restarted the pc but still could not connect. I thought to myself, "Well, at least now I have the right wireless driver. Right?" But I wanted to check one more thing. I went into the device manager and uninstalled the ethernet driver. I restarted the pc and went back into device manager and the ethernet driver appeared to have been automatically reinstalled. I went into 'change adapter settings' and the ethernet adapter was there as well. I thought this was strange. But maybe it's because I have the drivers I downloaded from the Acer support site currently in a folder on my desktop as opposed to having them on a flash drive and whenever I reboot the system the drivers automatically reinstalled?

    I could be completely overthinking this. I'm a bit frustrated at this point, but I'm not ready to give up. What do you guys think? Should I use the driver from the disk? Is simply having the drivers on my pc/desktop enough to cause a conflict?

    Note: I haven't caught up on reading other comments yet. I am still following your lead, 2xg, whenever you are ready. I know you have a busy schedule. I'm in no real hurry, although obviously I would like to get back on-line at some point. Thank you.

    Edit: I never had to use the disc before. I assume that was because the pc came prepackaged with a compatible driver.
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  3. Posts : 276
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    Thread Starter
       #333

    Duly Noted. :)

    Britton30 said:
    I just spoke to 2xg (Rayda) and she has requested to follow this post until she can resume later today. Hold off anything else at this time please. She is in the Pacific time zone so is 2 hours difference from you arayfo1.

    Also keep in mind Rayda works from home while helping in SF.
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  4. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #334

    You're a trooper, arayfo1 - "Never give up"!

    Thanks for all the information re: steps you took.

    Let's start with the wired, because there is only one driver and if you can get a connection with that, it will make this go much smoother.

    Sounds as though you've become comfortable finding the IPv4 properties, please post a screen shot of the wired IPv4 configuration.

    Whatever is easiest for you - a camera shot or move to Win8 and upload.
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  5. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #335

    arayfo1, please allow me to help and not wait for 2xg. By the time 2xg comes online, you might be connected.
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  6.    #336

    Drivers automatically reinstall once you reboot the PC unless you tell Device Manager to delete their software at uninstall.

    Please disable wireless adapter now and see if Ethernet will connect. If not disable Ethernet and check wireless connection.

    Driver disks are outdated as soon as they're pressed. You get the latest drivers on the OEM's Support Downloads webpage by inputting the exact model number, then it may ask you if there's a version which can be found on the device or package.


    Rayda just texted to ask if you'd installed drivers after clean reinstall, which you said you'd done yesterday. Where did that driver come from? Compare it with the latest on Realtek site. Let us know the difference.
    Last edited by gregrocker; 13 Jan 2014 at 19:15.
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  7. Posts : 6,458
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       #337

    One step at a time, please
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  8.    #338

    Yes, and the first step is to see the correct drivers are installed. We were working on the OP's word that he had imported the network drivers from Acer site but now says he has an old Linksys adapter and is swapping out drivers.
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  9. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #339

    I understand about drivers.

    It would be nice to have a clear channel - it shouldn't take too long to verify the addresses.

    I can ask arayfo1 to check the drivers and post camera shots

    If I run into a dead end, I'll certainly call upon others to help (you're #1 on the list)

    Thanks
    gregrocker said:
    Yes, and the first step is to see the correct drivers are installed. We were working on the OP's word that he had imported the network drivers from OEM site but now says he has an old Linksys adapter and is swapping out drivers.

    Shall Rayda and I back out til you are finished?
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  10. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #340

    Waiting on you arayfo1,

    please post a screen shot of the wired IPv4 configuration.

    Whatever is easiest for you - a camera shot or move to Win8 and upload.
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